The life of a peasant girl reborn

Chapter 29 The Shen Family's First Pot of Gold (2)
Early the next morning, before the Shen family had eaten, several waves of people came to the house.When Father Shen went to the old house to discuss picking watermelons yesterday, Grandpa Shen was worried that his family would be too busy and asked some people in the village to help.It's true that Shen Xuan wants everyone to help, and it's true that the people in the village are good in disguise.The people who came were probably a few people from the clan’s hometown, as well as the fathers of Shen Daniu and Wang Ruhua. After a while, Uncle Shen and Master Shen also arrived. Seeing that everyone had arrived, Shen’s father didn’t want to keep people waiting, just eat something After dinner, he took a group of 7 or 8 village men and children to the field, Bai Ming and Lei Kui also followed, leaving Zhou at home.Grandma Shen and uncle Niang are cooking.

Father Shen and the others decided to pick Uncle Shen's first and then pick their own. When they got to the field, everyone saw a green melon field, all of them were big and round, and they looked gratifying.Grandpa Shen first picked two big watermelons, cut them up, and let everyone taste them. Everyone who ate them said they were delicious, crispy and sweet, and they said they would definitely make money.Father Shen asked everyone to pay attention: don't step on the melon seedlings on the ground.Picking up ripe ones.Don't pull the seedlings hard to tear off the small melons, and then everyone starts to act.

At home, Grandma Shen and the others were chatting and washing the dishes needed for cooking at noon. Qingyun and the others arrived in a car. A total of 5 carriages came and lined up in front of Shen Xuan's house. It looked spectacular.

"Brother Qingyun, you are here." Shen Xuan was the first to see it.

Hearing Shen Xuan's sweet voice, everyone looked towards Qingyun.Qingyun walked in, but the others stood outside the door and did not come in.Qingyun said to everyone: "The shopkeeper is waiting in the store for the people who are sent to pull watermelons from other stores. It may take a while before they come. Let me bring a few cars over first."

"Your Uncle Shen has brought everyone to the field to pick. Let Xiaoxuan take you there." Zhou's gentle suggestion is very good for Qingyun who has come to the house several times. One year younger than my uncle.

"Auntie, let's go there first." Qingyun turned and walked outside, Shen Xuan hurriedly followed.Anxious Grandma Shen shouted from behind, "Drink some water and go?"

"Mother, stop yelling. Xiaoxuan has too many things in mind, and she has already prepared tea to keep." Zhou slowly sat down beside her.

"That's right, mother, I feel that Xiaoxuan has become more sensible during this time, sometimes even more sensible than Brother Chun." Aunt Shen said while picking vegetables.

"She is a big kid." Mentioning that Shen Xuan and the Zhou family are very happy, and feel that there is no more caring daughter than her own daughter, and Aunt Shen who is watching is envious. "Sister-in-law, isn't your family planning to let Brother Chun and Brother Xia go to college to study after selling the watermelons?" Mrs. Zhou tentatively asked Aunt Shen. , Zhou was very happy.

Aunt Shen saw that Grandma Shen was also looking at her, and hurriedly said: "I discussed it with your elder brother last night. The reason why I didn't let you study was because the family didn't have money. The two children were sensible and said that they wouldn't let Brother Dong go. Reading, I heard from my second uncle yesterday that it can be sold for 30 yuan a catty, thinking that if I have money, I will let all three of their brothers go to school." Thinking about the money, Aunt Shen said that it is worth it .

"This is very good. The four of them are good companions and can take care of each other." Mrs. Zhou was also happy for Aunt Shen, who wouldn't want the best for their children.

"I'm just a little worried about Brother Chun. I heard Mr. Xie say that the boss may memorize characters slowly because of his age." Aunt Shen sighed, and there was a new problem in solving the problem of reading.

"What's there to worry about? Our family doesn't expect them to get the first prize in the exam and become an official to make a fortune. We just hope that they can learn a few words so that they can find an easy job in the future." Daughter-in-law can't think about things like this.

"Yes, sister-in-law, what is there to worry about? Anyone who becomes an official has a background. Don't wrong the children in our family. Some people who study and become officials are expected to think of a way when the time comes." Mrs. Zhou Because she had worked as a maid in the prefect's family, she knew a little about being an official. As for whether Brother Qiu would take the imperial examination in the future, it was still a bit early to say.

Here, Mrs. Zhou and the others are chatting about the children's reading problems, and over there, Shen Xuan and the others have already arrived in the field.There are two piles of watermelons on the ground, which look like two hillsides from a distance.Father Shen and the others are sweating profusely carrying them back and forth. There are two people in a group, one is responsible for picking and the other is responsible for moving out and arranging them. Because they are all ripe, they should be handled with care to avoid bumping and breaking.

"Father, brother Qingyun is coming with a carriage. I brought two pots of tea over here. You and uncle should drink first." Shen Xuan shouted while standing on the ground.

Father Shen saw that everyone was tired, and told everyone to go to the field to drink water and rest. The boys had already run to Shen Xuan to get water to drink.Shen Xuan found a clean place to put down the basket and took out a few bowls, and everyone gathered around to drink water. Fortunately, the rural men are not so particular, and they can just drink from the bowl after drinking the other.Shen Xuan took a special look at Bai Ming and Lei Kui. Lei Kui had practiced martial arts and could not see anything except sweating, while Bai Ming was much worse. Shen Xuan guessed that he had never kissed himself as a manager before, and he looked a little embarrassed. It was covered with dirt and watermelon leaves.

"How do the two uncles feel?" Shen Xuan said with a smile. Although her eyes were smiling, her tone gave the impression that she was joking.amused.

"Miss, why are you here?" The voice was a little soft. Bai Ming was arranging his robes. Hearing Shen Xuan's voice was a little embarrassing. He probably didn't expect that such a situation would be seen by his nominal master, and no one else talked with him. In the same way, even a few children are cleaner than themselves.

"Miss, why are you here? Why didn't that little fox come?" Lei Kui asked when he saw that there was no little fox on Shen Xuan's shoulder.After yesterday afternoon's game, Lei Kui was completely on par with Mao Mao, but he couldn't believe that he couldn't catch a fox.

"Maomao is staying at home to sleep. Uncle Bai will help my uncle to keep the accounts." After Shen Xuan answered Lei Kui's question, he saw Bai Ming sitting there with his face getting redder and redder.Even though Shen Xuan's tone was normal, Bai Ming could hear gloating from it, especially seeing Shen Xuan leaving with a smile made him more sure of his guess.

Seeing that everyone was busy again, Bai Ming stood up, tossed his robes and walked towards Qingyun and the others, leaving behind Lei Kui who was sitting there not knowing what happened.Lei Kui wiped the sweat off his brow, and stopped thinking about it if he couldn't figure it out. He walked into the field and continued picking watermelons with everyone.

After everyone was busy for an hour, the harvesting of this acre of land was completed. 5 vehicles have been pulled to the town once, and the second vehicle is now being loaded.Grandpa Shen and the others sat on the side to rest, while Bai Ming helped Uncle Shen settle accounts with Qingyun.Uncle Shen's family collected a total of 3310 catties this time, 30 Wen per catty, and sold a total of 99 taels of silver, and Qingyun gave 3 taels at the discretion.Tears welled up in Uncle Shen's eyes as he held the money in his hand, never expecting to earn so much money.This mu of land can make a net profit of 100 taels of silver a year, and it will take many years of hard work to catch up with it.I still don't grow enough at home, and I blame myself for not listening to my second brother at the time, who made me worry about not being able to sell the land and wasting the land.

(End of this chapter)