Still, he decided he had to ask Qingmu to find out what Juhua was thinking.
He went to ask Qingmu, but Qingmu knew nothing about it at all.
After the rest of the family had gone out—some to school, others to work building a house—Mrs. Yang and Juhua went to tend the vegetable garden, while Juhua's maternal grandmother did needlework with Laishou.
The mother and daughter watered the newly sown Little Cabbage with some liquid manure, then scattered some plant ash over the freshly cut chive stumps. Afterward, they squatted down to pull weeds from around the lettuce, chatting idly as they worked.
Juhua saw that the lettuce had grown quite a bit and would be ready to harvest in a few days. She plucked off some of the outer leaves, planning to stir-fry them with garlic for lunch to get a fresh taste.
