"Master Nie, what did you say?" Chai Zhiming thought he had misheard and asked again.

"I said I want to stay here!"

Old Master Nie looked at him with disdain, as if to say, "You're not that old, how come you're hard of hearing?"

"No, what are you doing here?" Chai Zhiming was completely confused. "How many days do you plan to stay, and where?"

"I want to stay here to look after the crops until the autumn harvest!" After saying this, Old Master Nie looked at Old Second Ye and asked, "Do you have a place to stay? I can pay for it."

After hearing this, the four brothers of the Ye family were also stunned.

Stay until the autumn harvest? That's still more than three months away, right?

Old Master Nie excitedly explained to Chai Zhiming, "The crops on the Ye family's land are the best I've seen in all these years!

"It's almost the earing season, I have to stay here."

He had already made up his mind to observe and record how Ye Laoer took care of the crops. It would be best if he could summarize the patterns.

Ye Lao Er was already a bit annoyed by him, and when he heard that he wanted to stay at his house, he immediately said unhappily, "There's no point in you staying. It's not my credit that my crops are growing so well..."

"Who is that?" Old Master Nie asked excitedly, thinking that he was about to get the secret of Ye Lao Er's farming.

"It's all thanks to my niece." Ye Lao Er said seriously.

"Your niece can also farm? Where is she?" Mr. Nie asked seriously.

Ye Lao Da didn't expect Ye Lao Er to say this. He said speechlessly: "His niece is my daughter. She is only five years old this year. She doesn't know how to farm and has never been to the fields..."

Hearing this, Old Master Nie frowned and asked, "Are you kidding me, an old man?"

"No." Ye Lao Er said, "My niece caught a spring ox horn in the capital at the beginning of spring this year. She came back and buried it on my land. That's why our crops are growing so well this year."

"..." Old Master Nie immediately felt Boss Ye's speechless feeling.

He was silent for a long while before saying, "If that thing worked, the court wouldn't need to set up a Sino-Agricultural Temple. They could just send people to make more spring ox horns and bury one in every household's field!"

However, Master Nie also noticed Ye Lao Er's impatience with him at this time, and quickly expressed his attitude: "Don't worry, I will definitely not disturb you if I stay here, as long as you let me accompany you when you go to work in the fields.

"Young man, it's not that I, an old man, would leave home and stay here to cause you trouble.

"Your crops are growing so well, there's a real hope that you'll become the grain king this year.

“If you really become the grain king, the grain you produce from your land will not be ordinary grain, but crop, and every grain will be a treasure!

"If I can see the crops of ordinary people growing as well as yours in my lifetime, I will be able to close my eyes even when I die."

Although the crops have not yet begun to ear, the fact that they are growing strong and vigorous means that they have a stronger ability to resist pests and diseases, and the chances of a good harvest are greater.

Mr. Nie insisted on staying here.

One reason is that I want to see with my own eyes the process of the crops heading and ripening.

Secondly, I am afraid that something unexpected will happen later and ruin the crops that have grown so well with so much effort.

Mr. Nie's words silenced Ye Lao Er.

After a while, he said, "If you don't mind the poor conditions in our village, then you can stay here if you want.

"But let me be frank. Although I have a place to live, I can't cook."

Upon hearing this, Old Master Nie said, "Then you don't have to cook. I'll hire someone in the village to be responsible for washing clothes and cooking for me."

Ye Lao Er was silent for a moment and said, "Then if you find someone to cook, can you bring out the portion for me and my children as well?"

"Of course there's no problem!" Mr. Nie immediately expressed his opinion.

In just a few words, the matter was settled.

Boss Ye took the opportunity to say, "Okay, let's not stay in the sun here anymore. Let's go home, cool down, drink some water and rest for a while!"

These words really touched Chai Zhiming's heart, and he quickly agreed.

So the four brothers of the Ye family went home with Old Man Nie, Chai Zhiming and several officials.

When I got home and told her about this, Mrs. Ye was the first to agree.

"Don't worry, Mr. Nie. Although there are many of my family members here now, we will all return to the capital after the beam raising ceremony tomorrow.

“By then, only the second child and five children will be left at home.

"If you don't mind, I'll clean up the fourth brother's room for you in a moment, and you can stay here today.

“If you want to find someone in the village to do laundry and cooking, I can recommend someone to you.

"When the time comes, my family will pay for the food and ask her to help cook for the second child and the other kids. This will save us a lot of worry."

Mrs. Ye had her own considerations for agreeing so actively.

One reason was that she wanted to take Ye Sansao out to work, leaving Ye Laoer and the children at home, and eating was indeed a problem.

She had originally thought of paying someone to help with cooking, but she was afraid that Mrs. Ye would not agree.

Now I just happened to be taking advantage of Mr. Nie’s help.

Secondly, she planned to take Old Lady Ye to the clinic for medical treatment after returning to Beijing, and she was afraid that the old lady would insist on staying in the village and not go back.

Now that an old man suddenly moved into the house, even if Mrs. Ye wanted to stay, it would not be appropriate. She could only follow them back to the capital.

Sure enough, when Mrs. Ye heard that Mrs. Ye agreed to this matter without even asking her, her face turned unhappy and she wanted to open her mouth to refute.

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