Chapter 47: Want lychees
"What's wrong? If you don't work, what are you going to do? You're just tossing and turning all day long, just lazy!"
Although he felt unhappy after being scolded by his elder brother, he still reached out and took out the fertilizer, "Do you still remember the last time you saw Mrs. Shen taking her daughter-in-law Su Xiaoxia to harvest in the fields?"
"Remember, at that time, many people were saying that the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were like fools. We had not yet harvested the autumn harvest, and it was not yet time, but they actually started it."
"That's not the point. The point is that after the harvest, Xu Yiyun plowed the fields when he came back. It only took one day. The next day, Su Xiaoxia and the others planted another crop."
After hearing this, the eldest brother of the villager laughed and said: "I don't know what they are doing in the rush to plant. Each crop is determined by God. They can't live like this!"
As a result, the villager said: "No, brother, you are wrong. I went to see it just now. In just a few days, their rice has grown and matured. And Mrs. Shen said that it was because of this addition that the rice grew very tall."
quick!"
"That's nonsense. If there really was such a thing, would we still be so tired from growing rice?"
The villager's eldest brother glared at it, but he had doubts in his heart. He looked down at the fertilizer in the villager's hands, picked it up and smelled it.
"It stinks. This thing is weird and definitely not a good thing! Go to work quickly and stop playing!"
The second brother of the villager also smiled and said: "Go to work, you may not wake up!"
Seeing that his eldest and second brothers didn't believe it and urged him to go to work, the villagers had no choice but to throw the fertilizer on the weeds next to the field ridge.
Weed: Wow! It’s delicious! I can grow taller!
At this time, Su Xiaoxia and the others successfully spread all the fertilizer into the fields before the sun came up, so that they could go home and rest.
Wait another day or two until these are ready to be harvested.
"Xiaoxia, do you still have those lychees you picked back last time?" Shen Lan asked cautiously.
"Yes, what's wrong?" Su Xiaoxia asked doubtfully. The lychee trees were planted in the space. If she wanted to, she could just find a place where no one was around and pick them.
"It's like this. I discussed it with Lao San yesterday. We have such good fertilizers at home, and we are thinking about renting a few more acres of land for planting. Moreover, the water in our home is suitable for vegetables, rice, etc.
It's very useful. I plan to use the water to irrigate the rice, so that I can grow more food. After handing it over, there will be surplus food for us to sell."
After listening to Shen Lan's words, Su Xiaoxia nodded: "Okay, but what does this have to do with lychees?"
Shen Lan explained: "Except for our own farmland in our village, if we want to rent it, we have to find someone else to rent it.
“But we are all farmers who live off the land, so how can we rent it out, so we can only go to the village chief.
"The village chief has a land deed left by a landowner in our ten-mile-long township. Anyone who wants to rent it can rent it.
"But after renting, the final rent will be either money or food. I thought if I brought some lychees over, I could choose some good fields. The village chief is also very talkative."
Su Xiaoxia lowered her head and thought about it, thinking that if she could raise seedlings in the space now, it would only take one night.
As long as she is sure, she can grow seedlings in the space tonight while everyone is asleep, and then take them out and put them in the yard.
Tomorrow, Xu Yiyun would plow the fields, while she and Shen Lan would plant, getting the best of both worlds.
As for the final rent, it depends on whether it will be paid in grain or money, and if you rent the land from the landlord, you don't have to pay the taxes yourself, which can save you the trouble, and you can just give your own property to the village chief.
Calculated this way, it's quite a bargain.
"Okay, I'll pick lychees for you."
"Hey, you and the third child go together. You wait under the tree and let the third child pick it to avoid encountering snakes again."
Hearing this, Su Xiaoxia's heart beat wildly, and she pretended to be calm and said: "Don't worry, mother, you won't encounter a snake again."
If Xu Yiyun was asked to go with him, wouldn't it mean that the lychee tree was no longer in the mountain? And the suspicious and sensitive Xu Yiyun would definitely think too much about it.
In the book, Xu Yiyun's character is very sensitive and it is difficult to trust someone.
Of course, except for family members.
Sure enough, after she said this, Xu Yiyun asked calmly: "How do you know you won't meet her?"
"I don't think we'll meet you. Besides, I don't like doing things alone with you." Su Xiaoxia made a random excuse.
Because in the past there would always be at least one child between the two of them, and they would never be alone together.
"..." Xu Yiyun was silent. This reason was something he had never thought of, but seeing her so opposed to him going together made him feel weird.
"Stop staring at me like this. I like to work alone, and I don't need your help. You can accompany your mother home. We still have Xu Dabao to take care of at home. In case of diarrhea or something, my mother can't hold Xu Dabao.
It’s more convenient for you at home.”
After saying that, Su Xiaoxia ignored Xu Yiyun, mother and son, turned around and followed the same route up the mountain.
She didn't dare to look back to see if Xu Yiyun had followed. She was worried that he had not followed, and her turning back would expose her guilty conscience.
Fortunately, Xu Yiyun didn't follow, he just stared at Su Xiaoxia's back closely.
"Mom, do you think there are really any lychee trees on that mountain?" Xu Yiyun asked.
After all, he had been to that mountain many times and had never seen any lychee trees.
"There should be, otherwise Xiaoxia can conjure things out of thin air? Besides, since Xiaoxia said that she can be alone, then it's OK. You'd better not follow her to avoid quarreling with Xiaoxia." Shen Lan
He said while packing his things.
Hearing this, Xu Yiyun was helpless, "Mom, I am your son!"
"Xiaoxia is still my daughter-in-law, and my grandchildren are their mothers!" Shen Lan rolled her eyes at Xu Yiyun, thinking that it was really embarrassing for a grown man to be jealous of a woman.
Xu Yiyun touched his nose nonchalantly, looked back at the mountain opposite, lowered his head and bent down to pack his things.
At the same time, Su Xiaoxia walked away and squatted down and stared behind her to make sure that Xu Yiyun was not looking for her. Then she changed to a hidden place and entered the space.
"Master, you are here!" Xiao Luo greeted happily.
"yes!"
Su Xiaoxia nodded and came to the lychee tree. Looking at the increasingly red lychees, she was so greedy that she thought about putting away the lychee cores, then growing seedlings in the space, and then planting a few lychee trees behind her home.
You don’t have to go up the mountain all the time, and you can also sell it!
After picking several bunches of lychees, she took a sip of spiritual spring water, said goodbye to Xiao Luo and the other three, and then left the space.
She thought that Xu Yiyun and Shen Lan must still be in the fields, so she stayed on the mountain for a long time, waiting for the sun to rise higher and higher before slowly going down the mountain.
Chapter completed!