Because they had to pick vegetables, everyone was afraid to eat too much as it would be inconvenient for them to work.

When Xu Dongru heard that they had asked someone to help pick vegetables, he thought that they must be too busy, so he also wanted to help pick vegetables.

Xu Qingzhi held him back and said, "Grandpa, come with me to pack the vegetables. I can't do it alone."

Xu Dongru nodded immediately: "Okay, then Grandpa will help you install it."

The others were responsible for picking the vegetables, which they carried to the faucet in bamboo baskets and washed. Xu Qingzhi packed the vegetables and packaged them one by one according to the orders.

Xu Dongru couldn't get express delivery, so he just did whatever Xu Qingzhi said.

There is an old saying that goes, there is strength in numbers.

As expected, with more people, it is easy to pick even 500 kilograms of vegetables.

After picking the vegetables, others helped to pack them, filling more than fifty paper boxes in total.

The work was done in one morning, and Wang Yanmei was still making lunch, wanting to keep those people to have lunch before leaving.

The laborers in the village usually don’t have lunch provided, so they have to rush back to make lunch for their children.

Wang Yanmei didn't stop them. She paid the wages and packed a bag of buns for each of them, including sweet and meaty ones.

"Should we come to pick them this afternoon?" Aunt Zhou asked.

Xu Qingzhi had just called the courier and asked him to pick up more than 50 boxes this afternoon. He walked out and said, "No need. We've picked enough vegetables for today."

When Aunt Zhou heard that she didn't need to come in the afternoon, she looked at the 120 yuan in her hand and felt it was too hot. "It was agreed that the day's wages were 120 yuan. I only worked in the morning, so I can't take so much. Yanmei, just give me 60 yuan."

As he said this, he stuffed the hundred and twenty dollars back into Wang Yanmei's hands.

The other two also said hurriedly: "Yes, it's only half a day's work, it doesn't take so much."

"Yanmei, I think the same thing. Just give me 60."

Wang Yanmei glanced at Xu Qingzhi and immediately understood her daughter's idea. She pushed the money back and said, "Take it. Next time I go home, I will have to pick vegetables. It may be a bit heavier. If you are still willing to come, I will call you again."

When the few people heard this, they stopped being shy, as they had always had a good relationship with Wang Yanmei.

"Okay, Yanmei, this job is much easier than building a house, and you pay a lot. Next time you need this, just call me and I'll come anytime." Aunt Zhou put the money into the cloth bag she carried with her.

"Yanmei, we'll leave first. Call us next time if you need us."

Wang Yanmei waved her hand and said, "Okay, thank you for your hard work today."

After seeing the guests off, Wang Yanmei went back to continue cooking.

Xu Fuqiang took advantage of this time to borrow a truck to transport bricks for building the chicken coop.

Xu Qingzhi set off to the vegetable field.

Xu Dongru was still standing there, touching the paper box containing the vegetables. He didn't ask anything. Selling vegetables was a good thing, as long as the children didn't do anything illegal.

"Grandpa."

Hearing someone shouting, Xu Dongru looked over with her misty eyes, and seemed to see a little girl with two pigtails tied with a red rope running towards her. In the blink of an eye, the little girl turned into an adult.

Xu Qingzhi was holding a large bag of vegetables in his hand, and shouted happily, "Grandpa, I just went to the vegetable garden to pick some vegetables for you. You can bring them back later to eat."

"Grandpa can't finish all this, you can keep it and sell it." Xu Dongru waved his hand.

Xu Qingzhi had already approached, also standing in the shade under the eaves, "I grow vegetables for eating, and I sell them when I have enough to eat. Forget it, I told you to take them away, but you definitely won't. I'll ask Dad to take you home later."

"No need."

“Yes.”

Wang Yanmei shouted from inside the house: "Qingzhi, is your dad back?"

"Yes."

"The dishes will be ready soon. Tell your dad to come and eat."

Xu Qingzhi walked to the right and shouted towards the back mountain: "Dad, come back for lunch soon."

Xu Fuqiang just got out of the car and stood halfway up the mountain. He saw a small black dot standing outside a house at the foot of the mountain. He responded in a loud voice, "Okay, I'll be right back."

Xu Qingzhi still remembers that when he was a child, children of the same age in the village would play together.

In our childhood without electronic products, we always got together to play skipping rope, hopscotch, catching stones, touching crabs, climbing rice buns, and playing with picture cards of Journey to the West.

At that time, mobile phones were not so developed. Perhaps only the person in a family who needed to go out to earn money had a mobile phone, and children did not have smart watches.

When it’s time for dinner, mothers will start shouting at the top of their lungs: “XXX, come back for dinner.”

The sound was so penetrating that it could be heard by the entire village.

Xu Qingzhi smiled knowingly, that’s great.

Xu Fuqiang had already walked down the mountain and said, "Dad, I just bought some new tiles. I'll replace them for you this afternoon. The weather forecast says there will be another heavy rain in a few days."

Xu Dongru nodded, "Okay, there is a ladder at home, be careful when you go up."

Xu Fuqiang nodded.

The father and son had nothing else to say.

After lunch, Xu Fuqiang first sent his father home, then came back to pick some cucumbers. Wang Yanmei specially heated up the buns and put them in the bag.

Then he sent Xu Zijun to school.

Wang Yanmei had nothing to do in the afternoon, so she made an appointment with a few friends to play cards.

The house suddenly became empty.

Xu Qingzhi waited for the courier to come to his house and placed the order with his mobile phone. The courier put the order on the cardboard box and delivered the vegetables away.

After sending the express delivery, Xu Qingzhi moved the vegetable seedlings out of the space, picked up a hoe, and went to plant new vegetables in the vegetable field that had been empty today.

I used the spiritual spring water to water it.

After finishing her work, she relaxed and lay on the recliner under the persimmon tree, drinking some honey-soaked water. The sun shone through the gaps between the branches and leaves, and the breeze blew past. She slowly closed her eyes and took a nap. -Xu Zijun got off the car, and Xu Fuqiang said two words: "Zijun, study hard in school."

"I got it, Dad. Please drive safely." After saying that, Xu Zijun turned around and walked into the school gate, returning to the dormitory carrying a bag of buns and a bag of cucumbers.

The other roommates arrived early, and their eyes lit up when they saw the cucumber in Xu Zijun's hand.

"Zijun, I brought some crab cakes. I'll give you a box."

"Zijun, I bought some spicy noodles. Let's eat them together later."

"Zijun, I bought some fried chicken from the school gate. I remember you like it too."

Xu Zijun put the things in his hand on the table and said, "I brought cucumbers and buns. The buns are homemade and they are not cold yet. They are warm. Do you want to eat them?"

Lin Kai was taking a nap, but he woke up suddenly when he heard the word "cucumber". "Eat, eat, eat!"

He climbed down from the bed and took out the cucumbers he brought from his grandmother's house. "These are cucumbers from my grandmother's house, but they don't taste the same as your cucumbers. They're not as delicious."

(End of this chapter)