Lin Chuxia arrived home to find Mrs. Qin and her sister-in-law busy sorting vegetables in the yard.
They were some tender green beans picked during the bean-pulling season, along with some small cucumbers planted by Mr. Qin in their private plot, also pulled up at the same time, amounting to two large piles.
There were also some hot peppers and other vegetables picked from their own garden.
Seeing Lin Chuxia return, Mrs. Qin pointed to the yard's vegetables and said, "Last time, didn't you mention you wanted to prepare some pickles for the customer at your shop? See if these are enough. Your sister-in-law is skilled at pickling; let her pickle more, enough for the whole winter."
In this era, every household in the village pickled vegetables to eat during winter when fresh vegetables were scarce, something Lin Chuxia was aware of. She didn't expect that Mrs. Qin and her sister-in-law were preparing these for her shop.
