Chapter 658: You Can Plant Sunflower Seeds
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
The fragrance from the melon seeds wafted when Su Binglan flipped them with her spatula. Everyone was curious about eating the fried melon seeds because they had never seen such a thing. “So that’s what they look like.”
“They look like regular seeds, just a bit bigger.”
Although curious, they focused on Su Binglan flying the melon seeds. They could smell the food getting more and more fragrant. Some could not help but take a deep breath to enjoy the fragrance.
“They smell so good.”
“Yeah, they do!!
The fragrance differed from regular food, but Su Binglan had told everyone the seeds were edible. Even so, the people wondered how they would eat something so unique.
Su Binglan knew everyone’s thoughts and said, “You’ll know how they taste when you try them later. I’ll add my five-spice flavor to make the fried seeds taste better.’
She first made five-spice melon seeds, then regular ones. Since everyone had different taste preferences, some might like the five-spice more while others preferred regular ones.
Yang Xiaoxun was helping Su Binglan with the fire and had excellent control of the temperature.
After frying the melon seeds, Su Binglan said, “Come and have a taste. I put the regular-flavored ones there and the five-spice ones here. Try both and tell me which you prefer.”
She looked at Yang Xiaoxun and said, “Wash your hands and try the melon seeds.’
“All right.” She cleaned up the stove and went to wash her hands before eating. Lin Dahua looked at the food and asked, “Miss Su, how do I eat these?”
Dong Xiaolei looked curiously at the seeds and didn’t know how to eat them. She felt their hardness when she held them, wondering if she should remove their skin first.
Su Nong and Li Erying looked at Su Binglan in puzzlement and awaited her answer.
Su Binglan placed the melon seeds in her palm and showed everyone how to peel them. “You must remove this before eating the seed that’s inside. You can use your teeth to open them, too.”
Everyone ate the seeds according to her instructions and thought they were interesting. Most importantly, the melon seeds were delicious and felt nice to snack on while chatting.
Su Binglan smiled when they saw everyone enjoying the food. She felt this was how they should chat and mingle during the New Year.
“These are delicious, but I think I like the five-spice flavored ones better.”
“I find the original flavored ones more fragrant.”
“Hey, did you guys sleep at all last night?”
“No, I couldn’t sleep. I only lay down briefly, then woke up to help my mother prepare.” Although Dong Xiaolie was young, her heart ached for her mother.
Meanwhile, Su Nong was carefree. “l only slept a while. I didn’t want to get up in the morning, but my parents woke me up.”
“l was going to help my in-laws prepare, so I woke up after sleeping for just a few hours. I would have slept a little longer if it weren’t for the firecrackers.” Yao Cuihua was the first in her family to work at the tofu factory.
She gained her sisters-in-law’s respect afterward but remained diligent and honest. Even if she did not do housework, her in-laws would not say anything because she was always honest and diligent instead of slacking off.
“Did you all have dumplings for breakfast?” Yang Xiaoxun asked while eating her melon seeds.
Lin Dahua smiled. “Yes, my family did. I heard everyone in the village had dumplings for New Year’s Eve dinner and breakfast today. My family and I made the dumplings together.”
Yang Xiaoxun added, “Dumplings are so good. My grandmother had some, too. The actors said they also prepared dumplings for the celebrations. I never knew what dumplings were in the past. My grandmother and I couldn’t even afford a pound of meat.
Dong Xiaolei became a little emotional when she spoke, “My mother and I started working at the embroidery shop this year. We saved plenty of money and improved our lives.
“My mother and I bought many things for the New Year, but we were most excited about eating dumplings. We enjoy the meat dumplings the most.”
Everyone was much happier this year and believed their days could only improve from now. Moreover, they heard Su Binglan would continue expanding her businesses.
Su Binglan was happy to see everyone getting along so well. The group discussed the clothes they bought and the food they ate. Although they mostly talked about their daily lives, they listened to each other with great interest.
It felt relaxing to chat while snacking.
As Lin Dahua ate the melon seeds, she remembered what Su Binglan said.
“Miss Su, can we plant these seeds? If yes, then can I harvest them to eat?”
She had developed critical thinking since becoming the tofu factory’s manager. That was why she thought of planting the melon seeds.
Su Binglan smiled and nodded. “Of course. You can plant sunflower seeds and melon seeds. When they’re ripe, you can fry and eat them. You can even sell them at the town market to earn extra pocket money.”
Everyone’s ears perked up when they heard that.
“Can we buy some seeds from you, Miss Su? We want to plant them at our houses.’
Su Binglan supported their thoughts, thinking it was good that they were diligent. Their lives would improve if they worked hard and thought of new ways to earn more money.
She closed her eyes and looked into her pocket dimension. She said, “l don’t have many seeds left, but you can take some home and plant them first. We can always plant more after harvesting the ripe ones.”
She secretly took some seeds from her pocket dimension and gave some to the group. However, Yang Xiaoxun had no land in the village and did not intend to plant seeds.
After some thought, she said, “Miss Su, I can’t use these, so I’ll pass them to everyone else.”
Since Yao Cuihua worked at the factory, she considered giving the extra seeds to her two sisters-in-law. The two could plant and care for the seeds because they were responsible for the housework.
As the eldest child in the household, Yao Cuihua was the first to earn money. Her husband worked at the winery, but her siblings-in-law handled the harvests at home.
Yao Cuihua considered letting her in-laws handle the melon seeds. Afterward, they could fry and sell them in town to earn extra money. Ultimately, Yang Xiaoxun gave her seeds to Yao Cuihua.
Su Binglan seemed to have thought of something and said, “l also have potatoes and sweet potatoes. I plan to let my granduncle hand them out to the villagers. If anyone plans to buy them for the spring harvest, go to him..”