"Auntie, don't worry, I know all this."
"Now that the branches have been pruned and the flowers are blooming, we need to have people catch insects every day. I'll bring the ingredients, and you remember to mix the foliar fertilizer according to the amount I told you. After spreading the foliar fertilizer, the seedlings will grow well and there will be fewer insects."
"Well, we pull weeds and catch bugs every day, but we're really short on manpower."
Chunxiao looked at the yard and said, "After I finish the work in September, I will ask the master to build the row houses. Then I can hire a few more people. Then I won't be so tired anymore."
Shufeng asked her father about his situation. Chunxiao had been planning to take some time out to visit Zhouzhuang these past two days. After all, she was the expert in cotton farming. She would only feel reassured once she saw that everything was fine. If there were any overlooked issues, she could remedy them promptly. It wasn't time for the villagers to spread leaf fertilizer yet, but Chunxiao had already asked them to prepare it in advance.
"Your father said it's normal. I think we should go and have a look tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."
"Aunt, what would we do if you weren't with us?" Shufeng held her arm. "In my heart, you are the most amazing."
"Stop flattering me." Chun Xiao took out a tael of silver. "Here, your wages."
Shufeng happily took the money and said, "Thank you, auntie!"
Zhuangzi had nothing else to do, so she went back. The village had a meeting at 5 p.m., a small meeting they now held every ten days. It was held right next to Chunxiao's yard, where they discussed recent farm problems and upcoming tasks. Chunxiao's cotton sprouted a dozen days earlier than theirs, so they could discuss what tasks they needed to do over the next ten days and provide on-site instruction. This was also decided by the village head, and everyone thought it was a great idea.
Chunxiao used to be unfamiliar with the other villagers, save for the two or three families she had interacted with. But now, things were different. The villagers were now particularly friendly to her. It wasn't just her; the relationships between the families were more harmonious than ever before, as if a cohesive force had drawn them together.
But there was one exception, and that was Yan Sanjiang's mother, Sun. Because Yan Sanjiang was missing, the money for the conscription was paid by Yan Daqiang's family. During that time, she borrowed money from everywhere and even sold the family's sows to scrape together the 40 taels. Speaking of this, she hated Yan Sanjiang and Sun so much that she naturally didn't treat them well at home.
Sun blamed all the troubles on Chunxiao, and was sarcastic every time she saw her. Chunxiao could do nothing about this old woman with distorted values. Fortunately, they did not deal with each other often, so it was okay as long as Zou was normal.
Early this morning, Chunxiao followed Yan Dashan and the others to Zhoujia Village. Counting the time, it had been a year and a half since she left, yet it felt like several years. She still remembered the journey back home. She wondered if her former parents-in-law would regret forcing her to leave if they knew how successful she had become. But that was all she thought about. Why bother comparing? She was content with her own life, and she wasn't trying to impress them.
The two cars were packed with people. The women in the same car with Chunxiao all knew that Chunxiao had married into Zhoujia Village before, but they were not as gossipy as usual. They all kept their mouths shut, but there was an inadvertent curiosity in their eyes when they looked at her.
Chunxiao saw it but pretended not to see it. She hoped that no one would ask her about it so that she would not have to tell others about it. Zhoujia Village was about the same distance from their village as it was from their village to the town, which was only half an hour by oxcart. The car only passed by the village and went directly to the village.
However, a sharp-eyed woman in the village saw Chunxiao and followed behind with a basin in her hand, "Hey, Chunxiao, is that Chunxiao?" The car had already gone far away.
Everyone started working when they arrived at the farm. 80 acres of land, with 22 or 3 people working, was not a difficult task. It was not expected to be finished in one day.
While they worked, Chunxiao looked around. Shuwen Wenfeng had said it was built just like hers, and after checking it out, she realized it was indeed the case. The layout of the house was different from the Zhuangzi's, but it was the same as her own. The only difference was that the rooms had been changed from four to six, leaving two master bedrooms. Originally, Shuwen Wenfeng had one each, but now that Shufeng was gone, one was left vacant. A warehouse was built in the back, where there was no yard, so it was built large to ensure it could hold everything when the house was packed up.
After looking at the house, she went to walk around the fields. The progress of the farm here was almost the same as that over there. She had already explained it in detail to Shu Wenwenfeng and Dongsheng. In addition, they had also helped with the planting for a year, so they had almost mastered the technology.
Chunxiao walked the entire place carefully and the whole morning passed. At noon, a farmhand from the village came to find her and said that someone was looking for her at the door. She went to the gate with some confusion and saw two familiar women from Zhoujia Village.
"Oh, it really is you, Chunxiao. That girl Li said she saw you at the village entrance. I was wondering if she was seeing things, but I didn't expect it to be you."
"Auntie!" she greeted politely.
"I heard that this farm belongs to your brother and his family. Your family must have made a fortune and become landlords." The two women smiled flatteringly. "Your brother and his family have so much land. Do you want to hire people to work on it? If so, we have people at home."
"I can do it, you know. I'm not vague about what I do."
"My two sisters-in-law, I'm sorry, but we don't have any work vacancies at the moment. If there is a vacancies, I'll have my eldest brother contact you."
"Yes, yes."
Several people were talking at the gate of the village. Seeing that Chunxiao had no intention of letting them in, the woman kept peeking in and said, "Your family has some kind of business, right? How did you get rich so quickly? I remember when you first married into our village, Aunt Xu said that your family was poor and couldn't get any help."
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