Chapter 33.5
"What's up? Everyone has finished eating, but Yuanbao hasn't even started yet! I'll go serve it some”. Meng Xiaoxi was struggling to get out.
"Yuanbao isn't in a hurry, I want to ask if you're angry?" Shen Qingzhou felt uneasy.
Yuanbao, waiting by the door for dinner, was questioning why dinner hadn’t arrived yet…
"Why would I be angry? Not at all!" Meng Xiaoxi said helplessly, "I just feel like I'm too useless. Not to mention you and Uncle Yao, that guy Yao Kang is even better than me."
"As long as you're not angry." Shen Qingzhou stepped forward and hugged the person, "I was a bit anxious, so my tone was a bit harsh. Everyone has their own strengths, there's no need to overthink it. Although the three of us can work, our cooking skills are lacking; the food we make is probably not even fit for pigs."
Meng Xiaoxi was amused and hit him lightly, "What nonsense are you talking about! You've cooked for me before, so are you saying I'm worse than a pig?
Shen Qingzhou didn't respond, pulled the person close, and kissed them. He sighed softly in his heart; in this day and age, self-deprecation also carries risks. It's safer to pretend to be mute.
Regardless of whether the pig eats or not, the dog still needs to eat!
You two, feed the dog quickly!
The wheat in the fields has been harvested, and the silkworm cocoons are almost ready. We need to quickly send them to the silk workshop to be weighed, boiled, and dried; otherwise, the moths will emerge soon.
This time, the two of them went together, leaving the father and son at home to thresh and dry the wheat. Meng Xiaoxi had lowered her guard against them a lot. She had money in her own room, and Brother Shen had secrets in his room. Just locking these two rooms was enough; there was no need to worry too much about anything else.
The silkworms were fed by several people together, with great care, resulting in cocoons that were both large and white, fetching a premium price.
The people at the silk workshop laughed and said, "These cocoons of yours are beautiful, very rare. After summer, are you considering raising a few more autumn silkworms?"
Actually, given the geographical location of Linping County, in modern times, it could support four to five seasons of silkworm farming in a year, but due to limited conditions in ancient times, only spring and autumn seasons were feasible.
"Let's talk about it then!"
The two didn't directly agree; there was too much land at home, and the autumn harvest stretched out every year, so they might not have the time.
Clutching the freshly minted silver coins, the two strolled around the county town once more.
"This time, Uncle Yao and Chun Can also put in a lot of effort. Should we buy them something?" Meng Xiaoxi asked.
"What about me? I put in a lot of effort too. I contributed more, didn't I?” Shen Qingzhou's words were laced with jealousy.
"I'll buy something for you too." Meng Xiaoxi was both amused and exasperated; what was there to argue about?
The family was still busy, and there wasn't much time, so the two of them chose practical items and bought a burlap mosquito net for them to use against mosquitoes.
Shen Qingzhou also bought a mosquito net, but in a lighter color. When he came last year, it was already autumn. Meng Xiaoxi didn't need one; he already had one on his bed.
Besides that, they also bought a small basket of waxberries to try, they don't have these in Qinghe Town.
Unlike the autumn harvest, corn has a short growth cycle, so it must be planted as soon as possible after the wheat is harvested to avoid missing the season.
Nowadays, Meng Xiaoxi's family has sufficient labor, and they are always ahead in various farm tasks. Some families haven't finished harvesting yet, and they have already started planting.
The family that was confiscated included his uncle's family, who were renting his land; the two families were neighbors.
Xu Laicui looked at her family's vast wheat fields, then glanced at the neatly plowed furrows beside her, and angrily kicked her second daughter, who was covered in dirt: "Useless thing! You went and found yourself a useless man, and you didn't even bring him home to help with the work!”
Meng Xiangru was startled and shouted at her mother, "Can you blame me for this? I didn't mention it; he said he was busy and that the boss would deduct money for missing work!"
She whispered again, "Besides, he was fired back then, so it would be awkward for him to come back here! So many people are watching!”
"Always making excuses, let's see how much money he can actually make!" Xu Laicui wiped her sweat and said, "This damn weather, it's scorching hot!"
She called out to her youngest son who was playing under the tree at the end of the field, "Xiao Bao! Come here."
"What's wrong? Mom, why are you calling me? It's so sunny!" Meng Xiaobao reluctantly walked over.
"Xiao Bao!" Xu Laicui said mysteriously, "While they're back home for dinner, let's go to your brother Xiaoxi's soybean field and pick a watermelon to eat. I saw they were growing melons there!"
Meng Fengpo frowned and said, "Isn't this inappropriate?"
"What's wrong with that?" Xu Laicui saw his slow and sluggish work and got angry, "He's your own nephew, and the melons are grown in our own field. What's wrong with showing some filial piety to his uncle? Even if he sees me, I won't be afraid!”
"It's not a matter of fear, sigh! Forget it.”
Xu Laicui gave her son a look: "Go ahead."
As soon as Meng Xiaobao heard there was watermelon to eat, he didn't mind the heat anymore and hopped and skipped to the soybean field to look for it.
He really found it; although it was only half a point, to him, it seemed like a vast area.
Meng Xiaobao was overjoyed and was about to pick the biggest one, but then worried it might not be ripe, and that he would end up carrying it all the way to the field for nothing.
He rolled his eyes, came up with an idea, went to the roadside to find a sharp twig, and poked a hole to see if the liquid that flowed out was red.
As a result, he poked one that wasn't it, then another that wasn't it, and before long, a large area was almost completely poked.
"Hey! What are you doing??”
The sudden shout startled him.
Yao Kang ate quickly and arrived at the field first. As soon as he got there, he saw a child sneaking around in the soybean field.
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