Chapter 32.5
He originally planned to sign a ten-year contract, but Meng Xiaoxi persuaded him: "Uncle Yao, in ten years, Yao Kang will be 25 years old. It would be a bit too old to talk about marriage. No one can predict what will happen in the future. It is better to make plans early and sign a shorter contract. If you don't want to leave after five years, you can still stay."
Yao Daocheng listened to him and finally signed for five years.
After the sweet potato seedlings were grown, Shen Qingzhou checked the weather forecast and transplanted them to the field two days before the rain. He locked the door and the four of them worked together. They finished the work on several acres of land in one day. With
two more people in the family, the villagers soon knew about it, especially when several people went out together, they looked quite imposing.
"Tsk tsk! The kid from Meng Laoer's family is going to be rich! The little Shen who came last year can do the work of two people, and now there are two more people, and they look good too."
"I heard they are father and father! Their surname is Yao, and they came from other places. They were very thin when they first came, but they look a bit more human these few days." "It's okay to be thin, as long as he's not sick. That old Yao works in the fields every day, and he seems to be in good health.”
"Although he is called Old Yao, he is not old. He is in his forties, which is the prime of his life.”
"That's great! There are several strong laborers in the family! He can also cultivate the land of his uncle when he gets it back." There were also some sour voices: "What's good about them? They are all bachelors and don't even have a woman. I don't know how shabby their home is!"
They were immediately opposed: "Who said that! Doesn't Yulin's mother often go there? She said the house is very clean."
"He's her nephew! Of course she says good things about him."
"Shhhhh! Stop arguing, both of you! People are coming over, don't let anyone hear you."
Meng Xiaoxi leaned on the ox cart, feeling a little tired. The two baskets on the cart were filled with mulberry leaves that he had picked along the way.
"Have you finished planting today, Xiaoxi?" A wife greeted him.
"I've finished! Sister-in-law, you guys are still chatting!" Meng Xiaoxi greeted the aunts and wives present one by one.
"More people means faster things! Xiaoxi, this year's harvest is good and I'll make a fortune. Let my mother-in-law find you a beautiful wife!"
"Here we go again!
Meng Xiaoxi didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "No need, sister-in-law, I can find a wife myself, and I guarantee she'll be beautiful." Shen Qingzhou drove the ox cart slowly, his lips tightly pursed, but a red spot quietly appeared behind his ears.
Before leaving, Meng Xiaoxi reminded them again, "Try to prepare what you haven't planted at home. It may rain in a day or two."
The few of them quickly changed the subject.
"It's going to rain? How did he know? Is the news accurate?"
"Of course it is. The Chen Liu family told me about it last time. It was sunny and they had just stored the corn. Guess what? It started to rain heavily in the middle of the night and it kept raining for several days."
"Yeah! I knew that time. Our grain was also affected by the rain and a lot of it got moldy. I remember it."
"Ever since that short-haired little Shen came, everything has been going smoothly for their family and the grain tax has been paid early. That guy is mysterious. Not only can he work, he can also read the sky."
T"hen before we harvest next time, let's go ask him. I wonder if he's willing to tell us."
"Why not? If he didn't want to, he wouldn't have reminded me just now. Don't you know that? Xiaoxi has been kind-hearted since he was a child, just like his mother. Let's go, let's go! It's going to rain. I'll go back and plant the pepper seedlings and wait!"
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After a rain, the weather gradually became hotter, and the wheat grains were full of juice and were about to mature.
Meng Xiaoxi saw that the father and son did not have a single decent piece of clothing, and their shoes were also quite worn out and could no longer be worn, so she paid them an advance and asked them to go to the town to buy a few replacements.
"How can this be possible?" Yao Daocheng quickly declined, "I haven't done much work yet, how can I get paid now?"
Unlike temporary workers, permanent workers are usually paid annually.
"It's okay! The situation is different. If you really wait until the end of the year, what will you wear for the whole year? Besides, there will be even less time after the busy summer, so let's go now!"
Yao Daocheng looked at the piles of patches on his son's body, which were about to burst out of the toes of his shoes because they grew too fast. He sighed helplessly, thanked him, and took him to the town to sell clothes.
After four dormancy, the silkworms became white and strong, and at the same time, the demand for mulberry leaves increased dramatically, and they ate a basket in a short time.
Meng Xiaoxi and Shen Qingzhou loaded the carriage and drove the ox cart directly to pick mulberry leaves.
The mulberry branches that were cut last year have grown new branches this year. The new branches are as tall as a person, with plump leaves and many mulberries on the root branches. Some are green, and some have turned purple and red, which looks very tempting.
"It's a pity that I didn't bring a basket, otherwise I could pick some mulberries and take them back." Meng Xiaoxi sighed.
"It just rained two days ago, it's not dirty anyway, just pick and eat, and go back when you are full." Shen Qingzhou is open-minded.
"No! There is no water here to wash, and your mouth will be stained later, turning into a monster, and scaring people when you go back to the village." Meng Xiaoxi is burdened by her appearance.
"It's okay if it's stained, I'll help you wash it." "
Ah? How do you wash it..."
Meng Xiaoxi suddenly fell silent before she finished speaking.
Shen Qingzhou stood beside him at some point. After the new farmhand came to the house, the two of them restrained themselves a lot and could no longer be intimate anytime and anywhere. It felt like they were about to become monks during this period.
"Like this--"
The mulberry branches swayed, the light and shadows were mottled, between the light green and bright yellow, the breath gradually approached, the lips were held, sucked, and opened, and the person followed close.
Chuxia didn't wear much, the muscle lines were revealed, and the ups and downs of the mountains could be clearly felt. The closer and closer, the tighter and tighter.
"Well! No! What if someone--"
The size difference between the two was obvious. Meng Xiaoxi found in a trance that his feet were off the ground and the whole person was picked up.
"It's okay, it can't be seen outside."
"Don't do it now! I-" Shen Qingzhou kissed him hard again, then held him, hugged him tightly in his arms, leaned his head against his neck to calm his breathing, and asked: "When is your birthday?"
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