"Why would I dislike attending a wedding? It's more lively here than here."
"We've hired quite a few villagers to do the work, hundreds of them."
Xingfu took them directly to Yard No. 2. The women in the village who had never been there were envious wherever they went, which made Xiaohua beside them couldn't help laughing.
As soon as the guests arrived, the banquet was quickly started.
The ceremony of paying respects still had to be performed. Everyone in the village knew that it was a festive day today, so without telling the host, they would try every possible way to embarrass the groom.
Sometimes they put six brides with veils together and asked them to identify them, and sometimes they asked them to use red strings to find someone. In short, the yard was full of joy and everyone was laughing so hard that the villagers who were working outside kept looking in, although they could not see anything.
Finally, the noise stopped. Chun Liu presided over the bowing ceremony. Chun Xiao and the old lady sat at the top. After three bows, the meal began.
Everyone gathered together and talked and laughed.
"Were all these people bought by Chunxiao?" A woman asked Yan Mingli in a low voice, "There must be at least one or two hundred people. How much money must it cost?" The woman wondered in her heart how much money Chunxiao had earned. She only knew that their family was rich, but she had never had such a direct feeling.
"That's nothing. Her farm in the north is even bigger than this. Just imagine how rich she is."
"Hey, these capable people will only become more capable. It's a blessing for us to be able to enjoy some of their benefits."
"That's true. Some things can't be envied, and being able to reap the benefits is a blessing."
Although the banquet was lively, people ate at a fast pace, as everyone was still concerned about the unfinished work of the groups outside.
Xingfu and Yan Mingli were also worried about something. After dinner, they talked with Chunxiao for a while and then went back to Huangkou Village.
Chunxiao lived in the village for more than a month. In mid-June, he took Xiaohua and hired a coachman from a horse-drawn carriage to set off for Su County.
The journey to Su County takes about 10 days by car. It rained on two days, but the rain was not heavy and did not affect the trip.
At the end of the month, they arrived at Fangjia Village. It was the flowering season here, and as soon as they got off the car, they saw flowers all over the mountains and people working among them.
"Miss, this is so beautiful." Xiaohua exclaimed, "Let's go to the slope to take a look."
"Aren't you tired?" Chun Xiao secretly rubbed his waist. "You're not tired, but I am. Let's take a day off first."
Chunxiao and the others returned to the main courtyard. Xiaohua opened the door and put the luggage in her bedroom in the main courtyard. She took out the quilts from inside and hung them out in the courtyard. "The room is very clean. It must have been cleaned. But why is Nineteen not here?"
"Now it's busy, the people from Zhuangzi must have gone up the mountain."
"We need to leave someone downstairs to watch over it. What if someone sneaks in?" Xiaohua opened the yard and looked at the wheat field outside. "Miss, our wheat is growing really well. Look, it's starting to produce ears of wheat."
"Who said there's no one watching down there? Didn't you see someone patrolling the fields in the distance? They just didn't see us. When they see someone in the yard open, they should come over."
Xiaohua looked into the distance and really saw two people.
"It's the busiest time right now, so everyone must have gone to the mountains. I wonder if the wells over there have been dug. Let's go up there tomorrow to take a closer look. This is the first year here, and it's the first time Nineteen and the others are in charge, so we need to take a close look at every aspect."
Sure enough, the farm patrol came over quickly. When they saw Chunxiao and Xiaohua standing at the gate of the yard, they were delighted and said, "Boss, you're back."
"Now is a critical moment for the flower, I am worried, so I came to see if everything is fine here at the farm."
"Nothing serious, just that people from the town keep coming to ask about our cotton planting. The manager said we need to be more vigilant. We just saw your carriage coming and thought it was someone else."
"Is the person asking about this in the same business as you or a cotton buyer?"
The two shook their heads. "I don't know. Every time we get stopped before we even get close. We don't even need to tell them, the people from Fangjia Village will stop us. You just passed through the village, so they must have recognized you, that's why they didn't stop us. Nowadays, carriages can't enter the village without informing us of the situation."
This matter does need some attention. Seeing that there was nothing to do in the yard, the two men started to pull weeds in the fields wearing straw hats.
In the evening, Nineteen brought the people from the farm back.
The people in the village also came down the mountain, all of them sweating profusely.
As soon as Nineteen entered the yard, he saw Chunxiao. "Boss, when did you arrive?" He walked forward with a smile, then took a step back when he saw what he was doing. "Wait for me to go to the bathroom at the back to take a shower and change clothes before I come back to talk to you. I smell too much sweat."
"Go quickly, there's no rush to talk."
Soon, everyone in the neighboring yard knew that Chunxiao had arrived, and they all ran over to greet her. After greeting her, they hurriedly lined up to take a shower. The sister-in-law who was cooking in the kitchen had come down the mountain earlier and had already prepared the meal. After dozens of people had taken a shower and felt comfortable, they gathered in the yard to eat.
Nineteen was also eating with everyone in the yard over there, so Chunxiao and the others naturally went over to have a free meal.
"Boss, is the cotton in Ruyun blooming earlier than ours? I always feel like it blooms earlier this time of year."
"Has it just started blooming here? It's been about half a month since then, but it's only half a month, which is shorter than I thought. It's probably because the sunshine hours are longer here."
"It seems that this seedling cultivation is indeed good and we can harvest it earlier."
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