Since Miss Su arrived at the farm, Niu Dali could see that she was a very kind person and had no airs at all.

Even when she was treating Ma Shi just now, she did not despise her family situation at all, which shows that she was a kind-hearted person.

Farmers on the farm usually depended on the few acres of land they rented to make a living. If the owner of the farm was kind, life would be better, but if he was a mean one, life might be difficult to survive.

Niu Dali was the head of the village. He had to consider the interests of the master, but he also had to consider whether the farmers could survive. Naturally, he also hoped that a gentle and kind master would come.

Right now, Miss Su was a rare good master.

Niu Dali was looking forward to it very much, hoping that Su Yujin could become the new owner of their farm.

When Manager Sun heard Niu Dali ask this, he couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

Su Yujin also smiled with her lips pursed.

Niu Dali felt a little confused by the laughter of the two people, so he just reached out to scratch his ears.

Why were they laughing? Did he say something wrong?

Manager Sun reached out and patted Niu Dali on the shoulder, “If Miss Su didn’t want to buy it, why did she say so much, and why did she do so many things?”

Niu Dali finally reacted, scratching the back of his head and laughing, “Yes, yes, Miss Su just said it was our farm. Look at my stupid brain, I can’t react.”

“I’ve always been a little slow, please don’t be offended, Boss, I’m still capable of doing things…”

Hearing that Niu Dali had changed his address to “boss” from “Miss Su”, Su Yujin smiled and said, “Niu Zhuangtou is down-to-earth. I feel relieved.”

“I will go with Manager Sun to handle the sale and purchase procedures of the farm in the next few days. After I finish these, I will come back to talk about the future planning and development of the farm.”

The people on this farm were nice, but the overall management was still a bit conservative.

“Okay, I’ll wait for the boss to come.” Niu Dali was very happy to see Su Yujin agree. He nodded repeatedly and said, “It’s getting late now. The boss and Manager Sun rarely come here. If you don’t mind, please have lunch at home.”

“Then I am sorry to bother you.”

Su Yujin and Manager Sun had originally planned to have lunch at the farm, and now that Niu Dali had invited them, they naturally did not refuse.

Niu Dali was overjoyed to see that they had agreed. He asked his wife Zhang Shi to slaughter a young rooster that had been raised at home for more than half a year. She cooked it in a large pot with potatoes, dried mushrooms, and dried wood ear fungus. They served it with cornbread and mixed-grain flatbreads.

Zhang Shi’s cooking skills were limited, but the advantage of this dish was that the meat of the little rooster was tender and fresh, and the various wild vegetables were all picked by his family and of good quality. In addition, many people gathered together to eat, and the atmosphere was excellent. Su Yujin and others also enjoyed the meal with relish.

After lunch, Su Yujin went for a walk in the fields again, looked at every corner of the fields, and chatted with Niu Dali about many things about the farm. Seeing that the shepherd’s purse in the fields was growing very well, she borrowed a shovel and a bamboo basket from Niu Dali to dig the shepherd’s purse.

Qingkui used to be a farmer and was very familiar with wild vegetables like shepherd’s purse, and she could dig them quickly and well.

As for Ai Cao, she had been a maid in a wealthy family since she was a child, and so was not very familiar with the shepherd’s purse, so she had to learn it from Qingkui.

“Is this thing really edible?” Ai Cao looked at the emerald green in the bamboo basket, took a freshly dug shepherd’s purse, and examined it carefully for a long time. “It doesn’t look fresh and juicy. It doesn’t look very delicious.”

“It’s just the beginning of spring, and it’s not time for growth yet. These are considered to have grown in winter. But if it gets warmer, the shepherd’s purse will become old and inedible. We can only eat other wild vegetables.”

Qingkui said, “Shepherd’s purse isn’t the most popular among these wild vegetables. It doesn’t grow very big and tends to get tough easily. When picking, it’s not as common or easy to find as lamb’s quarters or goosefoot. And when you make dumplings with it, they don’t taste as good as those made with lamb’s quarters.”

“But Miss is a good cook, and she specifically asked for the shepherd’s purse. I think if this vegetable falls into the hands of Miss, it will become more delicious!”

“Maybe…” Ai Cao was not sure.

After all, it was wild vegetables, something that she would never choose if she had any food. Even if Miss was a good cook, she couldn’t cook without rice. How delicious could it be?

She guessed Miss was tired of the common vegetables she ate every day, so she wanted to change her taste.

Just like her, there were times when she ate too much meat and fish and wanted to eat some light porridge and side dishes.

Ai Cao thought so and just followed Qingkui to look for wild vegetables.

Seeing that Su Yujin seemed to like the shepherd’s purse very much, Niu Dali simply found a few smart and capable children from the farmers and brought a few of his own children to help dig the shepherd’s purse.

Because of everyone’s help, and the hard work of Su Yujin and others, around sunset, the group walked back, and Su Yujin’s carriage was loaded with two large baskets full of the shepherd’s purse.

“Miss Su, are you going back to make some cài tuánzi?” Manager Sun was also very curious when he saw the green shepherd’s purse.

“Where is it? After going back going to make some jiǎozi and húntún to eat.” Su Yujin said, “This shepherd’s purse is better than leeks for making stuffing. When we have finished making them at home, we will send some to Manager Sun.”

Jiǎozi and húntún stuffed with wild vegetables?

This was the first time he had heard of this.

But since Su Yujin said this and looked very proud of it, he thought the jiǎozi stuffed with shepherd’s purse must be very delicious.

Su Ji’s food was well-known, and Huibinlou was doing a booming business. Manager Sun also knew that Su Yujin’s cooking skills were good. When he heard her say this, he nodded quickly and said, “Then I will brazenly agree to it.”

After the carriage returned home, Su Yujin hurriedly instructed Ai Cao and Liu Mama to pick and wash the shepherd’s purse, chop the meat filling, and knead the dough to roll out the jiǎozi skins.

She soaked the shepherd’s purse in salt water to remove the astringent taste, then blanched it in boiling water, chopped it into pieces, and mixed it with the meat filling. She then added various seasonings as usual, and the meat filling was ready.

There was enough shepherd’s purse and the meat filling was chopped enough. Su Yujin and the other two were busy making jiǎozi. They were also busy delivering the jiǎozi to the shopkeeper Sun, the kitchen of Huibinlou, and Su Ji.

Su Yujin prepared the remaining ones for the three of them to have as dinner in the evening.

If there was any left, she was going to make fried jiǎozi the next morning.

When all the jiǎozi were wrapped, the water in the pot boiled, and the little white geese floated up in the pot, the faint fragrance also penetrated the nostrils along with the hot air.

Ai Cao was drooling with greed and was wondering whether it would be better to have two or three bowls of jiǎozi later.

And at this moment, an uninvited guest suddenly came to the house.

(End of this chapter)

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