Chapter 67

After a day of wandering around the cowboy market, Dudu and Baobao had their lunch. It didn't take long for the vegetables to be sold out. In the afternoon, a rock band came and played some songs. Dudu and Baobao played on the bouncy castle and in the small castle, drove a small car, and the two little ones made quite a bit of money. Feeling rich, they played happily. Whenever they saw something fun, they would cheer and run over, holding the small leather wallets they had just bought, buying tickets. Dudu had money, and Baobao, the little sister, closely followed Dudu, with Dudu buying tickets for Baobao. All the playing and eating were paid for by Dudu, while Baobao kept her money in her bag and didn't take it out.

Li Han and his brother-in-law said that their silly daughter, Dudu, always smiled and said she had a lot of money, buying food and helping her grandparents and father. They played until around four or five, and Dudu's small wallet was empty. She was exhausted from playing all day. On the way back, Dudu's little head rested on her father's chest, nodding off. She said she would come to sell vegetables again tomorrow and play all day, forgetting about school. Li Han pinched Dudu's little nose. "Dudu, you have to go to school tomorrow."

"Oh, Dudu thought about going to school. Driving the small ox cart, Dudu put the small iron bucket, and Xiaobai helped Dudu sell the vegetables. Dudu happily thought about how much money Xiaobai and Niu Niu had made, and how they had bought a lot of delicious food. Li Han gently patted Dudu, and soon the little girl fell asleep, a smile on her lips. Li Han shook his head. Looking back, Baobao was happily opening her small wallet, counting her small bills one by one. The little girl hadn't spent much money in the afternoon, while Dudu had spent a lot.

Sister didn't say much, but she wondered why this little girl had become a little money lover. Baobao pouted, "Baobao's money, I'll save it to buy a little black donkey like Dudu's sister and a big turtle." The carriage swayed gently, the sun set, and a light breeze blew. They walked on the path home, surrounded by grass and cornfields, very quiet, with the cows, sheep, and horses being herded back to their pens. The people on the carriage, who had played all day, were blown by the cool breeze and were drowsy. Li Han slowed down the carriage.

When they returned to the small farm, it was already late. The mother and sister were busy cooking, with Zhou Rui and Wu Miaomiao helping. Li Han, his brother-in-law, and Zhou Hao put on their work clothes and went to the cowshed to clean the cow dung, add water and grass, and feed. After finishing, Zhou Hao and his brother-in-law rode horses for a ride, while Li Han received a call from Xudun, saying that something had happened at the No. 3 pasture and he needed to go there the next day. Back in the small building, Dudu was leading the little black donkey around, talking to it as if it were a person, with a little turkey and a little lamb following closely behind, and a proud turtle and a big crab slowly crawling to Li Han, not stopping.

Li Han was curious where Dudu was leading the little black donkey. Following her, Dudu led the little black donkey to Niu Niu's cowshed, patted Niu Niu and Xiaobai with her little hand. "Xiaobai, this is Xiaohei. Xiaohei has no place to stay, so he will live with you. Be good, and don't bully Xiaohei." She pulled the little black donkey close to Xiaobai, imitating her father and uncle's hugging, and made the little cow and little donkey hug. But it was too heavy, so Dudu changed to holding hooves, and the hooves of the cow and donkey touched. Dudu giggled, saying they were friends now and should sleep well.

Li Han smiled, and indeed, Xiaobai and the little black donkey got along. Dudu was happy and played for a while, then followed her father back to the small building. Dinner was ready soon, with a few home-style dishes, braised beef, and a pot of fish head soup.

Li Han tasted it and thought it was good, but something was missing. Yes, tofu with fish head would be better. There was no Chinese supermarket in town, and the convenience store didn't sell tofu, as Americans didn't eat much tofu. He had forgotten about it in the past few days. The small stone mill had arrived, and they would make some tofu tomorrow. It had been half a year since they had eaten tofu. After dinner, Li Han started soaking soybeans, using spring water from the space. He would grind tofu early the next morning.

After finishing, he took a bath and went to bed early, as it had been a tiring day. The next morning, Li Han, Zhou Hao, Zhou Rui, Wu Miaomiao, his brother-in-law, Dudu, and Baobao came to the cowshed with small iron buckets to milk the cows. With yesterday's experience, they were much faster today. After milking, Li Han poured the milk together, disinfected it, and put it in a milk bucket. Some of it was used to make yogurt, breakfast, cakes, and ice cream, while the rest was taken to George's farm to feed the lambs and calves.

After milking and cleaning the cowshed, they watered the vegetable garden and picked vegetables, busy all morning. After returning to the small building and having lunch, the family saw off Zhou Hao and the others, who were leaving to watch the music festival the next day. Before they left, the mother and father packed some cooked food, bread, and cakes for them to eat on the way. The three children were all doing well, and Li Han praised them, which made his parents a bit jealous and mutter a few words, causing Zhang Xiuying to scold them.

Back home, Li Han brought out the soaked soybeans, and Dudu and Baobao came over, squatting by the basin, poking the water with their little fingers. "Wow, they're really soft." Baobao looked surprised, and Dudu nodded vigorously, saying the beans had grown a lot. "Dudu wants to soak and grow bigger." Dudu said excitedly, "Daddy said Dudu is small, but if Dudu soaks, Dudu will grow bigger." "Is that true? Daddy, can Dudu soak and grow bigger?" Dudu didn't believe Baobao, who had a lot of money left. Baobao nodded vigorously, "Really, really." Li Han was amused and explained to Dudu about human growth, and Dudu nodded, not quite understanding. "Okay, let's start grinding the beans." Li Han carried the basin to the lawn, found a wooden board as a base, and brought over the small stone mill.

Li Han grabbed a handful of beans, which were soaked enough. He started grinding the beans to make tofu, and Dudu and Baobao helped, each holding a spoon to put beans into the stone mill. Li Han almost couldn't turn it, as the manual stone mill was quite tiring, and he soon started sweating. "Dudu will help daddy turn it." Dudu helped wipe the sweat off his father's forehead, saying that daddy was tired and Dudu was strong. Li Han became idle.

Dudu turned the stone mill, and Baobao added beans. The two little ones were quite serious about it, and Li Han watched, finding it quite interesting. His mother, who was watering the flowers, almost pulled his ear. "You child, how old is Dudu? Grinding beans is very tiring." "Grandma, Dudu isn't tired." Dudu smiled and waved her little hand.

"Dudu is really capable." Zhang Xiuying glared at her son and then smiled at Dudu. Baobao was not happy. "Grandma, Baobao is adding beans." "Baobao is also capable, only your uncle is not capable."

"Uncle, shame on you." Baobao waved her little spoon and scratched her face. "Baobao is a big bad girl." Dudu was unhappy, saying that daddy was also capable. "Okay, Dudu, Baobao, go pack your bags and go to school, Dudu."

The ox cart was ready, and Dudu moved the lettuce onto the cart, along with the hay. The two little ones, with their schoolbags, drove the ox cart to school. Li Han continued grinding the beans, not too much, as too much tofu wouldn't be good to store. Fresh and tender tofu, without adding coagulant, was ground into soy milk, put in a bucket, and boiled for a while, then filtered with cheesecloth. The soy milk was fed to the cows, sheep, and horses, which all loved it for its high nutritional value.

The tofu made with gluconolactone was tender and good for health. Li Han thought about making fish head tofu soup, beef soup, and other delicious dishes, which made him drool. He almost caused an accident, but fortunately, he reacted in time, and the tofu didn't overflow. After making the tofu, Li Han rode a four-wheeled motorcycle to George's farm, following the irrigation channel.

The cows and sheep had been in the No. 2 and No. 1 pastures recently, and the No. 4 pasture was the closest, while the No. 3 pasture was the farthest. Indeed, the cows were grazing in the No. 2 pasture. "Xudun, good morning, this place is nice." "The pasture here is really excellent, George is a good person."

"Yes, George left us a good pasture. How are the cows?" Li Han was very concerned about the cows, especially the pregnant ones, which were a significant asset.

"These big guys are excellent, no problems at all. It's incredible, I think God is protecting us." Xudun and Li Han found a place to sit by a small grove of trees. Xudun brought up the issue with the No. 3 pasture. "Xudun, you mean there are bugs in the No. 3 pasture?"

"Yes, Han, I checked, and there are several bugs per square foot. Perhaps we should harvest the pasture early and spray pesticides." Xudun was worried, as the bugs mostly came from the Glasserman Ranch, which was not good news. Glasserman seemed to dislike Han and stubbornly rejected his suggestions. Ronald tried several times to talk to Glasserman but failed, forcing them to harvest the pasture and store the hay, fearing that a drought could lead to a pest outbreak, which would be a big problem.

Xudun suggested, and Li Han considered it, thinking that this was the only option unless a miracle happened, and the bugs were eaten or driven away. However, the pasture needed a few more days to reach its optimal harvesting period, and harvesting now would not be ideal in terms of yield and quality.

"Xudun, is it possible to wait a few more days? The pasture is growing well, and harvesting in four or five days would be better."

Xudun shook his head. "Han, I'm sorry, but the locusts will increase, and the situation will get worse. Unless a miracle happens and drives away the locusts and white moths, I think only God can help us." "Okay, I'll think about it." —— Please support by adding to your collection, thank you.

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