Chapter 48 Three to Five Hundred Baskets
Xiao Jiuyue liked to talk to smart people. She said, "Eradicate the Gan family. Without Gan Tao, he will be nothing but a homeless dog. Then, you can take revenge however you want."
He Changqing knelt down again and said, "Changqing, I am willing to obey Miss Xiao's orders!"
His decisiveness made Xiao Jiuyue think more highly of him. He was straightforward and resolute. She said, "Madam Gan is dead!"
"Thank you, Miss Xiao." He Changqing looked up excitedly. His elder brother was beaten to death by the servants around Madam Gan!
"As long as you can find evidence that the Gan family is smuggling salt, your wish will come true!" Xiao Jiuyue gave a direction, and He Changqing said goodbye and left excitedly.
Xiao Jiuyue: "..." She wanted to take some change and ask him to go out and take care of things, but who knew that He Changqing ran away so fast!
Hopefully, He Changqing will give her some surprises.
"Sister, let's play the frog counting game again?" Xiao Jiayuan has been working hard to memorize the Nine-Nine Song recently. He knows it by heart and he is sure he can beat Xiao Jiachen.
"Sister, if I win, can I get some more orange gummies?" Xiao Jiayuan looked at Xiao Jiuyue eagerly.
Xiao Jiuyue glanced at the plate next to her. There was only a little sugar left on the plate. The orange peel had been eaten up completely. She first checked the calligraphy of Xiao Jiayuan and Xiao Jiachen. Xiao Jiayuan's handwriting had improved. It could be seen from the calligraphy that Xiao Jiayuan had been particularly serious recently!
Xiao Jiachen has made great progress. From the very beginning, his handwriting was crooked like a worm crawling, but after practicing every day, his progress was huge.
"Well, the big characters you write are all good. Starting from tomorrow, in addition to practicing big characters, you also have to learn the Hundred Family Surnames." Xiao Jiuyue put down the big characters. She said that they wanted to learn the Hundred Family Surnames. The two little guys seemed to have a strong desire for knowledge.
After planning their studies, Xiao Jiuyue said, "Today, let's play the game 'Open Seven, Animated Seven'."
"Whoever wins gets to eat orange jelly candy!" Xiao Jiuyue played with the two little guys for half an hour. Most of the orange jelly candies he brought went into Xiao Jiachen's stomach. Xiao Jiayuan was obviously not as good as Xiao Jiachen in terms of numbers.
But in terms of memory, Xiao Jiayuan is obviously stronger.
"Sister, I will definitely win tomorrow!" Xiao Jiayuan pursed his lips. Even though it was just a game, Xiao Jiayuan was extremely serious. After playing, Xiao Jiayuan took a pen and started writing from one to one hundred.
"Keep writing. Tomorrow, I'll bring you canned oranges." Xiao Jiuyue gave a few instructions and planned to go out to find Shi Lizheng. With more money in her hand, she planned to purchase oranges from the village and make canned oranges.
Xiao Jiuyue left the Xiao family and went straight to Shi Lizheng's house. Passing by his own fields, he saw Yu Mama and the Xiao family's servants planting vegetables in the fields. The rows of fields instantly turned into vegetable fields!
"If we use such good land to grow vegetables, wouldn't that be a waste of fertilizer?" A voice sounded beside the carriage.
Xiao Jiuyue lifted the curtain and saw Aunt Shi who was returning from the vegetable field. She signaled to stop the car.
"Miss Xiao." When Aunt Shi saw Xiao Jiuyue, she felt a little embarrassed thinking about what she had just said.
"Auntie Shi, it's just right. I have something to ask the village head. How about we go together?" Xiao Jiuyue said.
Aunt Shi shook her head and refused, "No, I can walk there. However, the head of the household is not at home right now. He has gone to the mountains to chop firewood."
The day was getting colder. After finishing the work in the fields, Shi Lizheng and his companions went to the mountains to chop firewood, so that they would not be short of firewood at home in the cold December.
"On the mountain? Is it far?" Xiao Jiuyue asked. Aunt Shi pointed to the hilltop across the field and said, "It's not far. If Miss Xiao has anything urgent, I'll go call him back."
"No need." Xiao Jiuyue refused, got off the carriage, glanced at the mountain road, and said, "Lianxin, go and take a look."
She also wanted to go to the mountains to see if there were any good things!
"Ah!" When Lian Xin heard Xiao Jiuyue wanted to go up the mountain to take a look, she whispered, "Miss, this mountain road is not easy to walk on."
"Isn't it all flat road?" There was nothing Xiao Jiuyue couldn't do if she wanted to. Xiao Jiuyue walked all the way up the mountain, breathing slightly. She still needed to train her body. She had been pampered in the boudoir before and it was too weak!
"Miss Xiao." Shi Lizheng and the others were stunned when they saw Xiao Jiuyue. They all bowed to her, but she casually waved her hand and said, "When you're out and about, don't be too bothered by these empty formalities."
Shi Li was winking at Aunt Shi, as if to say, why did you bring Miss Xiao here?
Aunt Shi whispered, "Miss Xiao said she wants to see you."
"Miss Xiao, Fengchunlou asked us to buy cabbages, chickens and ducks. Thank you, Miss Xiao." Shi Lizheng expressed his gratitude. Although it was not much, at least the cabbages in everyone's fields were exchanged for silver!
"You're welcome. It's just a small favor." Xiao Jiuyue looked at the many bamboos on the mountain and couldn't help but ask, "Are there many winter bamboo shoots?"
"It's a lot. If Miss Xiao wants it, I'll have someone send some to the Xiao family tomorrow." Shi Lizheng said immediately.
"No need to send it to the Xiao family. The restaurant will take it in. If you know how to dig, you can dig more." Xiao Jiuyue and Fengchunlou agreed that if there are any ingredients available in Fu'an Village, Fu'an Village will be given priority.
One of the main ingredients in the dish of silverfish and winter bamboo shoots that she prepared was winter bamboo shoots.
Shi Lizheng's eyes lit up with joy. If winter bamboo shoots could be sold for money, then they wouldn't have to chop firewood all day long!
"I heard that the village has a bumper harvest of oranges now, and I want to buy some." Xiao Jiuyue said.
"Miss Xiao wants to eat oranges. I'll give them to you..." Before Shi Lizheng finished speaking, Xiao Jiuyue asked, "How many kilograms of oranges can the village produce?"
Shi Lizheng paused and said, "The oranges in Yinjiaowo and Dabeishan are growing well. There are at least tens of thousands of kilograms. Everyone goes to sell them, but not many are sold. Now, there are still 10,000 to 20,000 kilograms."
Shi Li was just guessing when he heard Xiao Jiuyue say, "I bought them all."
"Oh my God!" Aunt Shi exclaimed, then covered her mouth with her hands in embarrassment and said, "Miss Xiao, you bought all these 10,000 to 20,000 kilograms of oranges?"
Aunt Shi was silently calculating in her heart. There were at least eight or nine hundred kilograms of oranges on her trees. How much money could she make from that?
Ouch, her heart ached when she thought of the dozens of kilograms of oranges she had given away!
"Yes." Xiao Jiuyue nodded affirmatively.
"Miss Xiao, these oranges won't last long." Shi Lizheng started to speak. Aunt Shi quietly tugged at Shi Lizheng's sleeve. Shi Lizheng shook her hand off and said seriously, "A basket of oranges weighs thirty kilograms. It should take at least three to five hundred baskets. They spoil easily."
Shi Lizheng was worried that she had no idea what 10,000 or 20,000 kilograms of oranges meant. In previous years, everyone picked out the good-looking ones and sold them for some money, and the rest were eaten by everyone at home. The ones that were not eaten would either fall to the ground and rot or rot on the trees!
Sometimes people even cut down the orange trees when they were chopping firewood.
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