After that day, Wu Xiaohua finally calmed down, probably because she hadn't recovered from that humiliation. Liu Fang just felt that she could take this peaceful day as long as she could.

We need to plan ahead for the braised food business, otherwise, if Wu Xiaohua comes today and Liu Dahua comes tomorrow, we might not be able to make a living.

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Children mostly don't understand what adults are thinking; they only care about how well they eat and play today.

Fu Man'er was one of them.

After finally finishing the last sip of goat milk, she reached for the steamed bun in the bowl and ran outside, saying, "Grandpa, I'm going out to play."

Before Old Xu could even speak, the little girl had almost reached the door. He had no choice but to stand up and call out, "Slow down, remember to come back for dinner if you're hungry."

Fu Man'er, who had run quite a distance away, responded with a strong voice, "That girl."

Old Xu sat down again. Now it was just him and Fu Man'er left at home. Xu Genzhu's goods had been selling very well recently. When he went to pick up the goods the day before yesterday, he happened to run into a caravan from the next town. The variety of goods there was truly something to behold.

But when he asked about the price, it was much more expensive. He wanted to buy some, but he was afraid he wouldn't be able to sell them for a good price, so he simply went to the next town to take a look.

Ma Hong took over his work these past two days. Several people had ordered things from him, and he had already prepared them, so he asked Ma Hong to deliver them on his behalf.

Xu Genshan and his wife were still busy in town because they had received a big order yesterday to deliver braised food to a family celebrating a wedding. Xu's wife went along to help out.

The Xu family has now bought a mule cart and added a flatbed cart in the back, so they can carry people and food away without having to push that old, broken cart anymore.

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So only Old Man Xu was left at home, doing the household chores he wasn't very good at, and then tending to the crops in the fields.

"Old Xu, Old Xu." I had just sat down and hadn't even taken a few bites when someone called out from the doorway again.

"Hey, I'm here. What's up?" Old Xu put down his steamed bun and looked at the village chief. "Village chief, what brings you here?"

He quickly stood up. The person who came was Zhou Yongkang, the village chief of Dashi Village. He was a few years younger than Old Man Xu and had been the village chief for more than ten years. He was quite prestigious in Dashi Village.

Zhou Yongkang was a very easygoing person. “Oh, you’re only having lunch now?” As soon as he entered, he saw steamed buns and pickled vegetables on the small table.

He thought to himself, "The Xu family is making money now, so why are they still eating so simply? But it's not bad that they're eating white flour steamed buns."

Little did he know that Old Man Xu couldn't cook, so he just picked the simplest dish. If he wasn't worried that Fu Man'er wouldn't eat it, he could have eaten the cold steamed buns with just a little water by himself.

Now we need to heat up the steamed buns and then boil eggs for Fuman'er.

“Man’er just got up a little while ago, and I’m waiting for her to eat together.” This is his lunch, but it’s Fu Man’er’s breakfast.

Zhou Yongkang thought of the little girl he saw when he came here, but he was not very optimistic about the Xu family when they adopted her, and the villagers also had some complaints. Now the little girl is fair and tender, and she is living a better life than many girls in the village.

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"Don't mind, have some with us." After the man sat down, Old Xu pushed the large bowl of steamed buns towards Zhou Yongkang.

"I've already eaten, you should eat now." Zhou Yongkang waved his hands repeatedly to refuse, so Old Man Xu had no choice but to go inside and bring out the large teapot, pouring him a cup of tea.

This tea was made by Liu Fang when she made tea eggs a while ago, and there's still quite a bit left. Now we keep tea brewing in the teapot at home every day.

Zhou Yongkang glanced at the tea and sighed inwardly once again, thinking that the Xu family had really turned their luck around; it hadn't been long before they were drinking tea at home.

After drinking a cup of cool tea, Zhou Yongkang felt much of the heat in his body subside. He started chatting with Old Man Xu about the crops in the fields.

Old Xu had spent his whole life toiling in the fields and knew a lot about things. After he finished eating, Zhou Yongkang asked, "I heard you've been working in the fertile soil these days?"

"Yes, the wasteland my family bought hasn't been cultivated for several years, and I'm worried about the poor harvest, so I thought I'd fertilize the soil."

"Did someone come to you and say it wouldn't work?"

The reason Old Xu asked that question was because he was using manure as fertilizer, which drew a lot of disdain from the villagers.

“No, that’s not it.” Zhou Yongkang shook his head. Some people said that Old Man Xu was sick, but he would never say that. “I just wanted to see if this would work. You know, most of the soil in our village is not very good, and the harvest is not good.”

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As the village head, receiving a salary, it's only right that he should be concerned with these matters.

When it came to the work in the fields, Old Xu talked on and on, and then simply took people to see it, saying, "I didn't believe it before either, come on, let's go to my vegetable garden and take a look."

She had only taken a few steps outside when she saw Fu Man'er playing with Wang Erni. "Grandpa!" she called out as she ran over, and Wang Erni followed.

"Come on, call him Grandpa Zhou." Old Xu affectionately patted his granddaughter's head.

"Grandpa Zhou," Fu Man'er called out sweetly, unafraid of strangers.

Zhou Yongkang nodded in agreement, "Man'er is being raised very well in your home."

"That's right, Man'er is our family's most well-behaved granddaughter." Old Xu took the hands of his two granddaughters, and the group quickly walked to the edge of the vegetable garden.

Old Xu pointed to one of the spots and said, “Look at those two rows of eggplants, one row has fertile soil, and the other doesn’t.”

Zhou Yongkang looked up and could clearly feel the difference between the two rows. One row was the same as most of the houses in the village, while the other row had thick roots and large leaves and was much taller.

"It really works?" Zhou Yongkang hadn't expected such a big difference.

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"If you have time later, go and take a look at my wasteland. Don't underestimate it just because it's wasteland; it's even better looking than Granny Wu's next door." Since Old Man Xu said this, it was obviously true.

"Oh, right, since you're here, I'll show you something good." Old Xu then led the way to the stream and asked Fu Man'er to bring over her little trinkets.

When Fu Man'er arrived, she was carrying something that looked like a wheel. Without Xu Laotou saying anything, she and Wang Erni had already set it up by the stream.

As the stream flowed, the wheel-like object began to turn. Before Zhou Yongkang could figure out what was happening, water began to pour out onto the ground.

"This?" He looked at Old Man Xu blankly.

"Grandpa Zhou, this is a waterwheel, used to irrigate farmland," Fu Man'er said, squatting by the stream, playing in the water.

"So that's how it is," Zhou Yongkang thought, staring at the little thing on the ground. Although he hadn't understood it before, he knew that if the water were poured out and flowed into the paddy fields, it would be a great thing.

"Brother Xu, what exactly is going on?" Zhou Yongkang was usually quite composed, so this was a rare display of urgency on his part.

Old Xu smiled confidently, led the man to the stream, picked up the waterwheel, and explained the whole story to him in detail.

Zhou Yongkang's eyes lit up with surprise, and he even picked up the waterwheel to examine it, completely forgetting that there were other people around.

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Fu Man'er leaned against Old Man Xu and whispered, "Grandpa is really amazing."

Old Xu's eyes narrowed into slits with joy. Who would have thought that this old man could be so amazing?