Chapter 123
Lu Xiaobai knew that He Yu had no shortage of clothes as a prince, but the feeling of using money to buy the fruits of other people's labor was different from enjoying the fruits of one's own labor!
He had experienced it before. He was really tired, but he was also really happy during that brief moment of enjoyment.
He smiled and said, "When you return after the rice harvest, you can bring some of the rice we grew back to your mother. She will definitely be very happy."
No matter where you are, growing your own rice should be particularly popular.
Especially in modern times, rice grown by oneself is free of pesticides and tastes natural, making it an excellent choice for people who care about their health, and it is the most suitable way to honor elders.
But this didn't make sense to He Yu.
This made his face even uglier. He actually brought his mother out to put pressure on him. Why didn't he realize that this young man was so powerful before?
"Don't think we're being unfair. When the time comes, we'll give rice to Big Brother, Mother, you, and Zhou Zhou. As for cotton, we'll make a coat for each of you."
Lu Xiaobai now looks like the boss and has started distributing the harvest before it's even harvested.
He Yu grew up in Nanhe and didn't know the rules of the modern world where Lu Xiaobai lived. He didn't know how rare such pure rice and cotton were, and he even looked down on them.
He really wanted to tell Lu Xiaobai that he didn't care about the rice, let alone the broken cotton.
Isn't his silk and satin brocade uncomfortable to wear? Why does he need to wear cotton clothes?
The more He Yu listened, the angrier and more uncomfortable she became. However, because He Qin was there, she didn't dare to refute him, let alone show it, so she couldn't leave.
He felt like he was on a pirate ship and was being severely threatened.
Because he knew that if he dared to run away secretly, his second brother would definitely find a way to deal with him, so he really didn't dare to run away secretly.
At the end of the thought, He Yu dropped the bag in his hand to the ground, and slumped down on the bench with no hope in life. After a while, he gritted his teeth and said, "You are so cruel!"
Outside the door, Thirteen was pestering Lingyi to go back to the Imperial City with him. Hearing the conversation inside, Lingyi raised his chin slightly and said, "Did you hear that? Even the Third Prince can't go back, let alone you."
After watching He Yu walk out with her bag and go back to the bedroom, Thirteen instantly lost consciousness and murmured softly, "The pain of missing someone was ultimately defeated by the trivialities of life."
If I had known earlier, I would not have come. I would have stayed in the imperial city. The feeling of missing someone is quite wonderful. It is not like here, where the person I like ignores me and I have to work so hard. I can't stand it anymore.
Lu Xiaobai in the room looked at He Yu and suddenly seemed to understand something. Because there were no pesticides or chemicals in this place, everything was healthy.
And when there are too many of these, they naturally become worthless.
Thinking of He Yu's words, Lu Xiaobai suddenly realized that the two parties had different thoughts and cherished different things. He also felt aggrieved that he was the only one who knew the truth.
After a while, a tear ran across the little face.
He Qin quickly helped him wipe it off. Just as he was about to ask what was wrong, he heard Lu Xiaobai say, "In our world, food grown like yours is very precious."
This made He Qin stunned, and he subconsciously asked: "Why?"
Lu Xiaobai sniffed and pouted, "Because our technology is so advanced, it's polluted the air. Food grown in that environment doesn't taste right to begin with. Plus, there are too many chemicals. For taste, to increase yields, and to make the food look good, they spray chemicals that aren't very friendly to the human body."
"Food like this here, where there's no environmental pollution, where birds catch insects when plants are infested, and plant ash cures diseases, is called pure natural green food, and it's very expensive."
He subconsciously thought that He Yu would think the same way, so he said that.
But he ignored the fact that this kind of green food is everywhere in this era and is not worth much at all.
Although He Qin didn't quite understand the specifics, he still understood. He nodded gently and comforted him, "I understand. It's okay. I know my little husband is the best."
Lu Xiaobai shook his head and said with some self-blame, "If he really doesn't want to do it, just let him go. I still have money. You can use that money to hire a few villagers to do it. Anyway, only our family planted cotton this year. They have finished drying the corn now, so they should have time to help us."
He Qin gently held the man in his arms, stroking his big belly and saying, "Don't worry, Third Brother is not that petty. Besides, as a man, if you can't even endure such hardships, what kind of man are you!"
He Qin deliberately raised his voice to say the last sentence so that the people outside the door could hear it clearly.
But we also have to consider that they are not usually suited to farm work, and they will indeed be tired if they are suddenly so busy.
So he accepted Lu Xiaobai's suggestion and said in a deep voice: "Zero One, come in."
Lingyi immediately pushed away Thirteen's hand that was wrapped around his arm, got up and went to the kitchen.
Lingyi saluted respectfully: "Master!"
He Qin nodded slightly, then said, "Go hire ten women or men to pick cotton tomorrow, and you can take a few days off."
Hearing this, Lingyi was filled with endless surprise, but he suppressed his joy and whispered a thank you: "Thank you, Master. I will do it immediately."
They have indeed been exhausted these days, and He Qin's words are indeed worth their joy.
He Qin nodded: "Go ahead."
Just as Lingyi stood up to leave, Lu Xiaobai quickly called him: "Brother Lingyi, wait a minute."
Lingyi turned around and looked at the anxious Lu Xiaobai. Worried that he might hurt himself, he suppressed his panic and asked, "What's wrong, Master Xiaobai?"
Lu Xiaobai smiled and said, "Cooking is tiring too. Give the workers some extra money and let them go home to eat. Then you can ask them to go hunting in the mountains or fishing in the river to improve the food."
Lu Xiaobai's smile was so sweet that it touched Lingyi's heart.
Because he knew that Lu Xiaobai's food was always better than theirs, and he didn't like to eat big fish and meat, so he rarely asked for these.
Now that he has been specially asked to arrange these things, it must be for everyone's sake.
Suddenly, Lingyi's favorability towards Lu Xiaobai soared. He looked at Lu Xiaobai with eyes full of doting, nodded gently and said, "Okay."
"Thank you for your hard work."
After Lu Xiaobai finished speaking, he struggled out of the stunned He Qin's arms, holding the bowl of noodles that he had not finished yet and continued eating.
Lingyi bowed and left.
He Qin's face became darker and darker, and his aura became colder and colder.
This guy actually smiled so obediently and sweetly in front of another man in front of her husband. Did she really think he didn't exist?
He Qin suppressed his anger and waited until Lu Xiaobai finished the last bite of noodles and the last sip of soup before putting down the bowl and suddenly said, "You actually smiled so sweetly to another man!"
Lu Xiaobai: ???
He Qin's sudden words startled him. His brain seemed to be stuck and he thought for a few seconds before reacting. He should have said that he smiled at Brother Lingyi.
Lu Xiaobai's face darkened instantly. He raised his hand to push away He Qin's hand that was trying to grab his hand and press it into his arms. Then he pouted and said, "I see you are just doing something. I usually smile like this. Whether it's Brother Lingyi, the other brothers, or your brother, don't they all smile like this? Why can't I smile at Brother Lingyi?"
He Qin: ...
Can it be the same?
Lingyi likes Lu Xiaobai. Seeing Lu Xiaobai smiling so sweetly at him, his tail is almost up to the sky!
Then can I still smile at him?
cannot!
He Qin resisted the urge to drag him back to the room and teach him a lesson. He gritted his teeth and said, "You can't smile at him, or else I'll make him pick all the cotton in the fields by himself tomorrow!"
Lu Xiaobai: ...
Hearing this, Lu Xiaobai immediately shut his mouth. He didn't want to implicate Brother Lingyi because of the matter between him and He Qin.
I can only avoid arguing with He Qin and not contact Lingyi.
However, for some reason, He Qin became so jealous.
Lu Xiaobai pouted, showing that he was very unhappy.
But soon Lingyi came back and told He Qin that it had been done.
After finishing the report, he saw Lu Xiaobai sulking with his hands folded and his mouth pouting. He wanted to ask him what was wrong, but after looking at He Qin, he didn't ask. Then he went out and took Thirteen to the mountains to hunt.
Seeing Lingyi leave, He Qin quickly hugged him in his arms and began to coax him.
The next morning, when Lu Xiaobai woke up, he saw a lot of snow-white cotton in the bamboo weaving in his yard.
The cotton buds are like small peaches. The cotton grows inside the small peaches. When they are ripe, they will burst open, revealing the white cotton.
The pickers only need to pick the popped cotton from the husk, or pick it together with the husk, and then sort the husk and flowers when they get home.
Cotton shells are very hard and prickly, and inexperienced people can easily get hurt. But the people Lingyi found today were all familiar, reliable and hardworking people that he asked the village chief to find, so they collected the cotton shells very quickly.
Moreover, there were no pesticides or ripening agents in ancient times, so the cotton plants did not mature at the same time. Today, more than half of them were picked, but a small part of them had not yet bloomed.
Ten people picked up most of the fruit without using it in the entire morning, and the rest would take several days to harvest.
Lu Xiaobai looked at the cotton in the yard and asked He Qin with a smile: "Can these be used to make new clothes?"
"Of course not."
He Qin picked up a cotton flower and showed it to Lu Xiaobai, then peeled it open and found a small black seed inside.
He said, "We need to remove these seeds before we can make clothes."
Remove the seeds?
Lu Xiaobai was surprised. He looked at the white cotton in the yard and said, "Cotton actually needs to be deseeded. There are so many of them. How do we remove them?"
This was the first time Lu Xiaobai heard of this issue. Cotton actually needed to be seeded!
Yes, I can tear the cotton apart and remove the seeds by hand. It seems to be more difficult than peeling corn. How long will it take to finish?
He Qin knew that Lu Xiaobai was worried, so he smiled softly and said, "Don't worry, we hire temporary workers for a whole day, so they will come to remove the seeds and shells after lunch."
There are a lot of people and the days are long, so we can pick all the cotton seeds in one day. That means we can dry the cotton tomorrow and buy cloth to make cotton clothes.
"Oh, that's fine."
With someone to help, it won’t be so tiring.
Although Lu Xiaobai didn't do much work every day, or even didn't work at all, he felt tired and exhausted both physically and mentally just by following them and feeling the busy atmosphere.
When they think about the fact that September is just a few days away and they will have to go to the fields to harvest rice and thresh millet, and that everyone will be busy at that time, they may want to hire workers, but no one else has time to do the work, so they have to do it themselves.
That’s so tiring!
Thinking of this, Lu Xiaobai was instantly discouraged.
Grabbing He Qin's arm, she pouted and said dejectedly, "He Qin, being a farmer is so busy~"
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