Chapter 129: Digging Up the Sugarcane Seedlings

"Grandpa, since my little sister wants dried and ground sea intestines, I'm afraid that one jar won't be enough." Xiao Jialing wiped the sweat from his forehead and poured out all the sea intestines in the basket. "The villagers don't want to eat these anymore. I thought, since I have nothing better to do, I might as well get her some more."

Old Master Xiao looked at Xiao Jialing, who had become much stronger, and asked, "Is sea cucumber available only during this period, or every season?"

Xiao Jialing's eyes flashed, he put down the basket, and hurriedly prepared to go out. As soon as he reached the door, he bumped into Xiao Fu.

Xiao Fu covered his hurt shoulder, frowned, looked at Xiao Jialing and asked, "What happened?"

"Dad, the sea cucumbers I can catch by myself are not enough. I have to find some villagers to help me." Xiao Jialing walked out in a hurry, fearing that if he walked too slowly, he would not be able to catch the sea cucumbers.

"Come back." Xiao Fu said.

Xiao Jialing paused and said, "Dad, believe me, Yue'er always knows her limits. That jar of sea rice noodle rolls is definitely not enough for her."

"It doesn't matter even if it's enough. We have nothing to do anyway." He lost half his life on the way to exile. When he arrived at this remote and backward village, he had the silver and money that Xiao Jiuyue secretly put in tea leaves and sewn into clothes. His life was a little poor, but survival was not a problem.

At the end of last year, the money sent by Xiao Jiuyue made the Xiao family live a better life, and Xiao Jialing wanted to do something for his sister even more.

"By the time you realize it, it'll be gone." Xiao Fu glanced at him, put his hands behind his back, and slowly walked into the yard. Xiao Jialing heard this and immediately turned back: "Dad, what do you mean by this?"

Xiao Fu glanced at him and asked, "Has your brain stopped working after coming here?"

Xiao Fu walked up to Old Man Xiao and wanted to take the axe from him, but Old Man Xiao said in disdain: "You're not as good at chopping wood as I am!"

"Pfft~!" Xiao Jialing laughed at the scene.

Xiao Fu's expression changed, and he turned around and glared at him: "You think you're good at chopping wood?"

"Dad, most of these firewoods were chopped by me." Xiao Jialing looked at the firewood at the foot of the wall. He chopped wood when he had nothing to do. He clearly felt that his body was not as good as before. He would get sick if he caught a cold.

Xiao Fu: "..."

Xiao Jialing asked, "Dad, have you told the villagers about buying sea sausage?"

"Yes." Xiao Fu nodded. "Even if you fish by yourself every day, you won't be able to catch many sea intestines."

"I asked the villagers, and they found out that sea cucumbers are only available during this time period, and it depends on luck." When Xiao Jialing was picking up sea cucumbers every day, Xiao Fu thought that if Xiao Jiuyue still wanted sea cucumbers, they would have to make plans in advance.

"I don't know if Chu Ang has reached Hongdu." Xiao Jialing looked towards the direction of Hongdu.

…

Hongdu.

Xiao Jiuyue stretched lazily. After a few days of hard work, the restaurant business was going smoothly, and the cooperation with Shang Ting's cloth shop had also been negotiated. Shang Ting had already brought a batch of cloth to Hongdu, and with Hongdu as the starting point, began to expand the business territory of the merchant.

On Chu Ang's side, Xiao Jiuyue also gradually got to know his character. He Changqing came with more than a dozen of his brothers and expressed his willingness to go to Lingnan to deliver the goods!

Chu Ang knew the way and had experience, and He Changqing and his dozen or so brothers had military force. After three days of preparation, the first batch of supplies to be sent to Lingnan finally set off!

There was tea roasted by grandma for Grandpa Xiao, shoes and socks made by beautiful mother for dad and eldest brother, and gifts and letters given to second uncle and third uncle by the second and third wives, plus herbs prepared by Xiao Jiuyue to prevent snakes, insects, rats and ants, some common typhoid herbs, hemostatic ointments, and fever-reducing herbs.

Finally, Xiao Jiuyue sent a batch of canned oranges that were not easy to spoil, as well as some food.

"Luo Kui, let's go to the back mountain." Xiao Jiuyue held the piano and went to the back mountain excitedly. She had been so busy recently that she hadn't gone to the pavilion in the mountains to play the piano for a long time.

"Miss." Lian Xin, whose leg had recovered, rushed over, hugged Qin, and said sourly, "Miss only remembers Luo Kui now."

"Lianxin." Xiao Jiuyue touched her nose awkwardly. Luokui had been with her all along. She had indeed forgotten about her. She looked down at her legs and asked, "How's your leg? Is it completely healed?"

"Okay, the doctor said that I can run and jump now." Lianxin held the zither and jumped directly in front of Xiao Jiuyue.

Xiao Jiuyue hurriedly said, "Don't, your leg has just healed, be careful."

"Miss, it's okay. I'm fine." Lianxin grinned. In recent days, she was fed by the young lady with four or five meals a day. She felt that she was not like a maid, but a young lady, who had food and clothes provided for her.

"Let's go and see if the Chinese toon is ready today." Xiao Jiuyue took Lianxin to the mountain to play the piano. It had been a long time since she came here. After playing the Purple Bamboo Tune several times, Xiao Jiuyue felt particularly happy. As long as she waited a little longer, she would be able to earn a lot of money!

"Miss, are you in a good mood?" Lianxin could feel Xiao Jiuyue's happiness while listening to the music.

"Of course." Xiao Jiuyue felt that everything was moving in a good direction. In late spring and early summer, her grandmother's health had improved a lot. On the way down the mountain, she picked a lot of Chinese toon, which was just right for frying eggs.

"Shi Lizheng?" Xiao Jiuyue came back with a basket of Chinese toon and saw Shi Lizheng waiting for her in the yard. She looked up. It was not dark yet, so shouldn't Shi Lizheng be busy?

"Miss Xiao." Shi Lizheng greeted Xiao Jiuyue and said, "Miss Xiao, something happened with Wang Lizheng. Everyone has already planted their sugarcane, but someone is instigating this, saying no one wants the sugarcane they planted."

Shi Lizheng anxiously told the whole story. Wang Lizheng from Wan'an County had urgently added seven or eight acres of sugarcane according to the agreement and led the villagers to plant sugarcane. But who knew that someone fanned the flames, saying that no one wanted the sugarcane and it was a waste of land. They clamored to dig up the grown sugarcane seedlings and plant other vegetables instead.

"Where is Li Zheng Wang?" Xiao Jiuyue handed the basket to Luo Kui who came over.

"Li Zheng Wang is trying to appease the villagers, Miss Xiao. Li Zheng Wang is working hard to grow sugarcane for you, but..." As a village chief himself, Shi Li Zheng knew very well that although the village chief seemed to have a good reputation, there were also troublemakers who were difficult to manage.

"Wan'an County, let's go." Xiao Jiuyue happened to be free recently, so he wanted to go and see how the sugarcane planting was going.

The yellow peaches are about to ripen. In addition to canned yellow peaches, she also wants to make canned bayberries in the future. Sugar is a must!

"Luo Kui, ask Jin Wu to prepare the car." Xiao Jiuyue ordered, "Send the Chinese toon to the kitchen. Grandmother and mother love to eat it." Both Old Lady Xiao and the beautiful mother liked to eat fried eggs with Chinese toon.