Chapter 373: Conserving 100,000 Jin of Food

Xiao Jiuyue originally wanted to help Xiao Jiayuan, but as soon as she approached him, she smelled an indescribable smell of cow dung!

Xiao Jiuyue looked at Xiao Jiayuan who had rolled to his feet, took a few steps back, and looked at the thing on his face. She was speechless: "Xiao Jiayuan, did you step on dog shit?"

"Sister, this isn't dog shit!" Xiao Jiayuan's facial features were almost squeezed together. He wanted to pat himself, but his hands were stained with it. Not only did he not clean it off, but it became dirtier. He explained, "Shi Lei and I are drying cow dung to make signal fire!"

"Well, then you guys keep working hard. When we get home later, I've brought you something good!" Xiao Jiuyue looked at Xiao Jiayuan with a smile. If he wasn't smelly, she really wanted to pinch his face. He had grown taller and got tanned.

He even knew how to make signal smoke signals. It seems he put a lot of thought into protecting the orange grove!

"Sister, you despise me." Xiao Jiayuan looked at Xiao Jiuyue aggrievedly.

"Ahem." Xiao Jiuyue cleared her throat and said, "I haven't seen my grandmother and mother for a long time. I have to go home quickly."

"Sister." Xiao Jiayuan watched Xiao Jiuyue get on the carriage, lowered his head and smelled the scent on his body, almost vomiting. He decided not to bother his sister. Xiao Jiayuan turned around.

Xiao Jiuyue got on the carriage and looked back at Xiao Jiayuan: "Why aren't you getting on the carriage yet?" Although his brother was smelly, he was still his brother after all!

"Sister, you go home first, I have something to do!" Xiao Jiayuan said, running towards the mountain they had just come down. He wanted to take a shortcut home!

"Xiao Jiayuan!" Xiao Jiuyue didn't even have time to shout before Xiao Jiayuan ran away. Xiao Jiuyue murmured, "This kid, I haven't seen him for a few months, and he runs as fast as a monkey!"

"Miss, the young master must be afraid of stink on you." Lianxin just saw it clearly. Xiao Jiayuan was afraid that the bad smell on his body would stink on Xiao Jiuyue.

"This kid is completely different from before!" Xiao Jiuyue's lips curled slightly, thinking of the first Xiao Jiayuan she met. Something happened to the Xiao family, and his grandfather, father, uncle, and eldest brother were all exiled. The seven-year-old Xiao Jiayuan was naive and scared.

Xiao Jiayuan is now full of vitality, which is quite good.

The carriage drove towards the Xiao family's old house. The villagers they met on the way were all very enthusiastic. All the way back to the Xiao family's old house, the person who delivered the message had already arrived!

As soon as she got off the carriage, Xiao Jiuyue saw the Xiao family members waiting in line at the door to welcome her!

When Old Madam Xiao and the beautiful lady, who were standing at the front, saw her, their eyes were red.

"Grandma, Mom, why did you come out!" Xiao Jiuyue ran forward. When she was in Xiangcheng before, she didn't feel much. Now that she met the real people, seeing the genuine concern in their eyes, Xiao Jiuyue felt particularly happy.

"You've lost weight, lost weight!" Old Man Xiao touched Xiao Jiuyue's hand and looked at her cheeks which had become thinner with heartache.

The beautiful girl couldn't stop crying.

"Yuer, mother and sister-in-law knew you were back, and they came out happily immediately." Aunt Xiao said with a smile. Aunt Lan, Xiao Yurong, Xiao Tingwu and Xiao Jiahong were also there.

Xiao Yurong said happily: "Sister, I know that you delayed your return. Grandma and Auntie are worried about you!"

"That's right." Xiao Tingwu followed up, his eyes sparkling when he saw Xiao Jiuyue coming home. He said, "My aunt has someone prepare my sister's favorite dishes every day."

Xiao Jiuyue listened to everyone's words and understood the Xiao family's concern for her. She held Madam Xiao with one hand and the beautiful woman with the other and said, "I'm hungry."

"There are some delicious food left in the kitchen." The beautiful woman said quickly.

"Take a shower and change your clothes first. You must have had a hard time on the road!" Old Madam Xiao patted Xiao Jiuyue gently. She had not slept well these days and prayed in the small Buddhist temple every day.

After bathing and changing clothes, Xiao Jiuyue finally felt alive again. Just as she was about to go out to accompany Old Madam Xiao, the beautiful woman said, "Yuer, your grandmother said that you must have traveled hard, so you don't need to go to Songxiang Courtyard to pay your respects. Just eat here and rest after breakfast."

"Your grandmother and I are relieved that you're back safely." Su looked at Xiao Jiuyue with red and swollen eyes. She had just cried secretly.

"Mom, I'm fine. I'm back safely, aren't I?" Xiao Jiuyue looked at the beautiful mother's eyes and her thin, pointed face. The little flesh she had gained with great difficulty, after her trip, the beautiful mother became so thin that a gust of wind could blow her down.

"Sister, I roasted some sweet potatoes for you!" Xiao Jiayuan ran over, not at all embarrassed by the fall, holding the freshly roasted sweet potatoes. "Dinner will be a while later, sister, fill your stomach first. These are the sweet potatoes that just ripened this year, they are so sweet!"

Xiao Jiuyue looked at Xiao Jiayuan carefully. She had just taken a quick glance and hadn't noticed anything, but now she realized that Xiao Jiayuan's face, which originally had some baby fat, seemed to have become thinner and had a sharper face after not seeing him for a few months.

"Sister, I washed it clean and there is no smell anymore." Xiao Jiayuan blushed and looked at her aggrievedly.

He's showered three times since he came back! Make sure there's no other smell on his body.

"Silly!" Xiao Jiuyue took the roasted sweet potato. Before she even broke it open, the aroma of the roasted sweet potato had already come out. Listening to Xiao Jiayuan talking about the important things in the village, Xiao Jiuyue was in a good mood.

"So, this year's grain harvest is very good. The land we bought last year can be used to store a lot of grain this year?" Xiao Jiuyue felt extremely relieved when he thought about the granary full of grain. As the old saying goes, if you have grain in your hands, you will not be worried.

"Of course, this is less than half of what we've collected. We already have 70,000 kilograms of grain stored in our granary!"

Although Xiao Jiayuan didn't know much about the autumn harvest, he was still aware of the data sent in daily. He said, "After the autumn harvest is complete, and the taxes are paid, minus the grain for the tenants, our Xiao family conservatively estimates that we'll harvest at least 100,000 kilograms of grain!"

"Sister, this is all thanks to you. Everyone in Lancang County who listened to you and used your methods has seen an increase in yield. However, some fields are good, some are bad, and some people are lazy and don't compost according to your method completely, so the yield is somewhat affected."

In addition to protecting the orange grove, Xiao Jiayuan has also been inquiring about these things these days!

"Jiayuan, your sister just came back. She needs to rest." Su had just brought in the chicken soup when she heard Xiao Jiayuan chattering along with Xiao Jiuyue. Su said, "Yuer, you just came back. Everything is fine at home. Don't worry."

"Mom, I'm sitting here eating. I'm not tired. Besides, I'm happy to hear that we've had a good harvest." Xiao Jiuyue had just eaten sweet potatoes. Looking at the chicken soup brought by the beautiful mother, he praised her again, "Mom, your cooking skills are getting better and better!"

"Now you know it was me who stewed it?" Su chuckled and looked at Xiao Jiuyue with a smile. Her daughter came back safely, it was not a dream!

"The chicken soup stewed by mother is unique!" Xiao Jiuyue took a sip. Obviously, the chicken soup stewed by Geng's mother and others was also very good, but she could always tell the one stewed by Su family was better at once.