91: Chapter 16 Planting Vegetables_2 91: Chapter 16 Planting Vegetables_2 Shen Chi furrowed his brows, looked down at the bun in his hand, and suddenly tore off a chunk with the at filling, stuffing it into Lin Xiaoguai’s mouth.
“Try this; it’s delicious.”
Lin Xiaoguai’s mouth was blocked, and it took her a lot of effort to swallow the sizable bite of the bun, which left her sowhat angry.
Realizing his mistake, Shen Chi paused, then quickly brought the rice soup to her lips, saying, “Drink so quickly.”
Lin Xiaoguai took a few sips with her head down, feeling the discomfort that had been stuck in her throat fade a bit, and glared at Shen Chi, saying irritably, “You should just focus on eating yourself.”
Shen Chi felt a bit disheartened—it was ant to please Wanwan…
Eventually, Shen Chi ate all the at buns, along with two Three-Delights buns and more than half of the red bean bun left by Little Niangao.
“Later, return the bowl to Jiang Wei’s house and pack these two buns in it as a reciprocal gesture for the fried rice sticks from yesterday,” Lin Xiaoguai said, taking out the bowl from the previous day and placing the two remaining red bean buns inside.
It wasn’t that she was being stingy.
If it were the twenty-first century, giving out red bean buns left over from one’s al to others would naturally seem inappropriate, but at that ti, though red beans weren’t as rare as at, they were still a decent gift to offer.
Besides, between neighbors, the cost didn’t matter as much; it was the thought that counted.
Shen Chi didn’t see anything wrong, put on his military uniform, took the buns, and said, “I definitely won’t be able to co ho for lunch; you don’t have to wait for .”
Lin Xiaoguai nodded, and Shen Chi bent down to kiss Little Niangao on the face, “Son, daddy is going to work.”
Little Niangao very cooperatively made so noises.
During this ti, while the relationship between Shen Chi and Lin Xiaoguai as a couple couldn’t be said to be perfect, his relationship with his son was advancing leaps and bounds.
“Rember, Little Niangao woke up early today, make sure he naps a little longer.” After a quick instruction, Shen Chi left through the door.
Lin Xiaoguai shook her head and sighed behind him; she didn’t intend to let her son sleep in anymore.
The child’s energy had been increasing recently, waking up late in the mornings, refusing to nap at noon, making it quite exhausting.
It took a lot of effort to even get him out of bed in the mornings, so she planned to take this opportunity to change his reluctance to take midday naps.
With Shen Chi away, Lin Xiaoguai planned not only to sew so clothes for the two of them but also to arrange the house again.
Although it had been roughly set up before, so finer details had yet to be addressed.
Among the four rooms, the largest master bedroom was naturally for her and Shen Chi.
Little Niangao was still young, they only planned to live there for two years, so setting up his room wasn’t considered necessary, but they could arrange a playroom for him.
The remaining two rooms—one she planned to turn into a study, and the last naturally would be a guest room.
At this ti, wooden flooring had not yet beco popular; not just the living room, but all rooms had tiled floors, and Lin Xiaoguai was sowhat dissatisfied with this because those tiles were neither polished nor glazed; they hardly prevented slipping, and it was easy to fall if they got wet.
For her son’s safety, she reluctantly bought a lot of carpet from the exchange store to cover the entire house, which would also make it easier for Little Niangao to move around.
The playroom was filled with toys that Little Niangao liked, and also had cute little pillows and blankets for him to rest when he was tired of playing, with walls covered in colorful cartoon patterns of little stars and moons.
Setting up the study wasn’t as complicated as the playroom.
Lin Xiaoguai bought a large desk and a row of bookshelves from the exchange store, leaving the rest to be slowly acquired over ti.
The guest room was even simpler; the bed was ready, and if any guest ca to stay, they only needed to lay out the bedding.
Suddenly, the doorbell rang.
Lin Xiaoguai paused, opened the door, and there stood Wu Eri.
“Sister-in-law Er i?
Please co in and sit.” She welcod her into the house.
Seeing Lin about to make tea, Wu Eri quickly intervened, “No need, Lin, I don’t like that bitter leaf; just a glass of plain water will do.”
Seeing that she wasn’t just being polite, Lin Xiaoguai poured a glass of warm water for her, sat down, and asked, “Is there anything you need, Sister-in-law Er i?”
“This morning, didn’t your family send over so red bean buns?
The kids at ho loved them, and I ca to thank you,” Wu Eri smiled and added, “Also, I wanted to ask if you were interested in farming.”
“Farming?” Lin Xiaoguai was puzzled.
“It’s like this, there’s a plot of preparatory land lying empty in the northwest corner of the guard area.
A couple of years ago, soone reported to the higher-ups wanting to farm it, and after so consideration, they agreed, only demanding that if the higher-ups ever needed the land back, there should be no fuss or demands for compensation,” Wu Eri explained as she sipped her water.
“So anyone living in the Military Family Area can open up a small plot there, about one fen in size, which should be enough to grow so vegetables for personal consumption.”
“I’d rather not,” replied Lin Xiaoguai as Wu Eri looked sowhat disapproving.
Lin Xiaoguai smiled and said, “My son isn’t even a year old yet, and from what my husband Shen Chi tells , it seems quite far.
I don’t have that much ti to spare, and for planting vegetables, it’s not necessary to go that far; setting up a fra filled with soil on the balcony to grow so should be enough for our family of three.”
In those days, organic manure was used for gardening—the thought of going to the fields to pick up manure and water the plants was sothing she definitely couldn’t handle.
As for setting up a farm on the balcony, she was experienced in her past life since nearly every household in the old city area did it.
Her experience was incredibly rich, and with the aid of the “space,” it was even easier.
“Is that possible?” Wu Eri was taken aback and hesitant, “Does it work?”
With two sons who were now in kindergarten, she had plenty of tasks to handle too.
If it weren’t for saving on vegetable expenses, she wouldn’t opt to travel a long distance every day to work on the land.
Seeing her interest, Lin Xiaoguai suggested, “How about I start first, and if it works, Sister-in-law can join in later?”
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