Chapter 96: Avoid, Harvest
July has passed.
August is a season of harvest, and she came at the right time.
Their farm just happened to be producing, and Uncle He was very happy about her arrival.
Because this year Uncle He planted a lot of corn and sweet potatoes on the land that some servants couldn't use, now is the time for the harvest.
The corn can be harvested, but it's still a little undercooked.
But when Uncle He saw so much grain in the fields, he was excited.
Not to mention Uncle He, all the servants were staring with wide eyes.
I heard from people in the village that these things can be eaten.
They didn't believe it at first, but for the money, they still served carefully.
Later, when Manager He told them that they no longer had to tend to the fields like they did in the fields, they felt a lot more relaxed.
But now, two months have passed, and the growth in the fields is very encouraging.
They had never seen it when it grew out.
There were quite a few of those vines, and Manager He even asked them to take some back to feed the pigs. It really saved food.
The pigs gained weight after eating, unlike before when they were only fed with wild grass and were skinny all over.
The Xia family has only a few servants, about ten or so, but they are now the happiest people living within a radius of dozens of miles.
Manager He also knows how to behave. The young lady once said that if you can help someone, you should give it a hand. It was because of the young lady's actions that he was pulled out of the quagmire.
After seeing these simple people, why wouldn't he help them?
He would never make things difficult for them if it was within reason.
He hired his own servants to do all the work on the farm.
Regardless of gender, he never missed any opportunity to use it.
Therefore, in just a few months, the servants of the Xia family lived several times better than others.
It is August now, the time for corn harvest, but we have to wait another month for sweet potatoes.
After all, it was ancient times, and fertilizers were not as advanced as they are today, so the size of the fruits would be much smaller than today's.
But compared with local products, the output is astonishing.
Over the years, she has stockpiled a lot of seeds. Now, she can slowly let people start planting, not only on her own farm, but also for people around her.
The corn is harvested now. After a few days of turning the soil, you can plant another batch of autumn corn. That kind of corn is smaller, but because of the weather, it will be sweeter.
It is one of her favorite snacks.
These days, the servants of the Xia family were hired early by Manager He to prepare for picking corn.
Unexpectedly, the lady actually arrived.
"Miss, why are you here in this hot weather?" Manager He came to the gate and asked after picking up the young lady.
He was very puzzled, "But what happened in the imperial city?" He felt a little worried.
"Uncle He, don't think too much. I came to the village just to escape the summer heat. It's not as complicated as you think." Seeing people who care about her, Xia Yutong still felt warm in her heart.
She hadn't seen her parents for several months and missed them very much because she hadn't heard their caring words.
"That's good. Miss, please come into the house quickly. It's sunny outside." Manager He held an umbrella himself.
Because of Miss Lai's arrival, the autumn harvest was delayed for a day.
The next day, Manager He took his men directly to the field.
When Xia Yutong asked, the people in the village told her.
"Chunlai, let's go and work in the fields, just to exercise our bodies." Xia Yutong put down the bowl and chopsticks in her hands, stood up and said to Chunlai.
After saying that, she went straight back to the house to change clothes.
The two people serving her now were trained by Grandma Zhou later.
They are all very regular, but easier to use.
Xia Yutong was very satisfied with this.
Not only are they good at serving others, but they all have extraordinary skills.
In order to make their names easier to remember, Xia Yutong simply gave them the surname Xia.
Why don’t they use their own surnames? It’s because they were all sold, so they have long lost their respect and love for their families.
Taking the master's surname is such an honorable thing, so of course they have no objection and are proud of it.
The surname Xia gives them vitality.
Xia Xiang and Xia Xue are now Xia Yutong's personal servants.
The two of them were not much different from Liu'er in martial arts, but when it came to serving people, Liu'er was no match for them.
Xia Yutong was very satisfied with Grandma Zhou's training of the servants.
After the maid changed her clothes, the two of them followed her to the fields.
They grew up doing this kind of work, and it was only after they came to the Xia family that their hands were freed from working in the fields.
"Miss, Manager He is over there. Should we go over there?" After arriving at the manor, Xia Xue had sharp eyes and saw Manager He from afar.
Xia Yutong looked in the direction her hand was pointing, and saw that there were quite a few people surrounding Manager He, both men and women.
As if she was telling something, she trusted Uncle He very much and shook her head: "No, let's start from here. These corn leaves are a little yellow, it's just right to collect them."
It's August after all, and the corn's maturity period has passed. Unlike sweet potatoes, we still have to wait for another month or so. It's not cost-effective to harvest them now because they are too small.
Seeing this, the three people who followed him stopped talking and started fighting.
This wasn't their first time doing this kind of work; they'd done it plenty of times back in the farm when they were in South City. Of course, they didn't have to do it, but they weren't so demanding that they couldn't get down to the farm to help out.
Whether it is Chunlai or Xiaxue and Xiaxiang, they are all very dexterous.
After Manager He had made all the arrangements there, he heard the servants telling him that the young lady was coming.
He hurried over.
"My dear lady, why did you come to the field? The sun is so strong, I hope you will get heatstroke." Uncle He said with a worried look on his face.
"It's okay, I'm in good health. Uncle He, don't worry about me. Go and get busy. I see that the corn leaves in the field are almost yellow. I'll have someone harvest all the corn in the next few days."
While working, he said to Uncle He who was running over.
Seeing the eldest lady like this, Uncle He had no way to persuade her. He also knew that she was not pretentious, so he could only let her go.
"Chunlai, you take care of the young ladies. When you go back later, remember not to let them eat cold food right away. Let them recover slowly, and then ask Xia Xue and the others to give them a bath before eating." Uncle He was really concerned about his father.
"Yes." The three answered in unison.
Xia Yutong was helpless. Okay, she really just wanted to come out and move around. Uncle He was really...
"Okay, Uncle He, go get busy. After harvesting the corn, we still need to plow the soil and plant the autumn crops."
After sending Uncle He away, Xia Yutong worked in the fields for a whole morning and then went home.
After taking a bath and drinking some refreshing tea, she had some lunch.
Not to mention, she eats a lot when she works, so her life is really comfortable.
In this way, Xia Yutong came to Enning Mansion to avoid Wen Li and stayed there for a month.
And a big event also happened in the imperial city.
This big thing is also related to her.
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