Chapter 54: A bumper harvest
Early the next morning, Ye Zhen heard some noise in the yard. He slowly circulated his spiritual energy for the last cycle and opened his eyes.
It was probably around five o'clock when Ye Zhen was awakened by his excited mother, and the whole family took hoes and baskets.
Dad Ye was still thinking about helping his daughter, but he saw Ye Zhen holding several large baskets stacked together in his left hand, one inside the other, and two hoes in his right hand, with a large sickle hooked between his thumb and index finger.
Father Ye was still empty-handed. Seeing his daughter about to be buried by the piled-up baskets, he asked, "You really don't need me to carry them?"
Ye Zhen had already strode forward, "No, just help grandpa and grandma!"
Why do Grandpa Ye and the others still need him?
"Go away, do you still need these two sickles?" The two old men walked away quickly with their sickles in high spirits. The vegetables in the field could not wait for anyone!
For a moment, Ye's father stood there blankly with his hand stretched out, and suddenly felt a sense of loss that "it was of no use", because his daughter had already taken on so much.
Younger brother Ye, who was passing by, looked at his father and said, "Dad, can you help me get the basket?"
Father Ye immediately put away his disappointment and snorted, "You still need help with these little things? Take it yourself!"
Brother Ye: “…”
The helpers had already reached the slope. Ye Zhen put down the basket in his hand and immediately joined the group picking vegetables.
As the morning sun rose, Dad Ye was picking vegetables and looking at the lush green scenery. He couldn't help but sigh:
"The weather is good this year. Look how well the vegetables are growing! In previous years, at this time, the vegetables couldn't be sold even if they were sent to the stalls. Your grandfather would stand there all day and carry them back."
As he spoke, he pinched the sweet potato vines, arranged them one by one, tied them into a bunch with dry straw and put them into the basket.
Ye Zhen had never used straw to tie a knot before, so he followed suit and simply pinched the sweet potato vines, tying them tightly when they were almost heavy.
The sky was getting brighter and the sun was shining warmly on my body.
Father Ye stood up and looked at the sweet potato vines he had quickly plucked, then looked at Ye Zhen and was startled -
"You pinch so fast!"
These two ridges of land are full of sweet potato vines with densely grown tender leaves. One vine can be used to pinch several bunches. He has only pinched the head, while Ye Zhen has pinched more than half!
It hasn't been long. Usually it takes him half a day to do it by himself. Even if the leaves are tender, they will break with a pinch. His efficiency is too high!
The experienced old farmer couldn't help but feel annoyed:
"Why bother hiring anyone? Ye Zi alone is worth several people. What a loss!"
Two hundred yuan per person per day, and he hired three, three!
Ye Zhen: There’s no need to say it, she can hear it!
Grandpa Ye and Grandma Ye were laughing happily, picking water spinach nimbly. The tender and green stems and leaves made a crisp "snap" sound when they were pinched. The two old people worked harder and harder. Grandpa Ye couldn't help muttering:
"I slept well and ate happily during this period. I didn't feel tired after picking vegetables all day. I was happy just thinking about making money."
"Of course, I'm happy to make money no matter how hard it is!" The helper next to me heard it and said loudly.
"Yes! When the village chief comes back, our village will start. You should also start to prepare the land, right?" Grandpa Ye joined in the conversation.
The helper wiped his sweat off his face and said with a smile: "Yes, I am just cleaning up the land at home and waiting for the village chief to come back and work together!"
Several people were bending over to pick vegetables, working quickly, but none of them could compare to Ye Zhen.
"Oh! Ye Zi is so quick, even more agile than us old farmers." Someone turned around to look at Ye Zhendu's performance and couldn't help but praise him.
Grandpa Ye was a little proud and reserved: "Why can't country kids work efficiently? They are young and strong, and they work fast."
Ye's father came over unyieldingly and took a look at the place where Ye Zhen had picked the fruits. It was really clean. He stared at Ye Zhen's hands, which were leaving afterimages, with his eyes wide open in surprise:
"Ye Zi, I believe what you said. You are destined to be a farmer. Look at how fast and well you pick vegetables!"
"It seems that the city is really not suitable for you. The large tracts of farmland in our countryside are where you can shine. Look at how efficiently you work. You're better than the rest of us!"
"I've really wasted your time over the years. Your mother and I didn't even let you work in the fields so that you could go to school properly. If we had known you had this talent, we would have let you work in the fields much earlier. Look at you, you've become much stronger in just a short time since you came back!"
Little Brother Ye followed Father Ye and picked the leaves with difficulty. He was unhappy when he heard this:
"Dad, why do I have to go to the fields? Can't you just let me study hard?"
Father Ye turned sideways, curled his lips, and glanced sideways:
"You? Have you been asked to work in the fields for the past ten years? Have you studied hard?"
Ye was furious, but couldn't think of any other words to refute, so he held it in for a long time.
"Well, my academic performance is not that good, so do I have no other shining points?"
"Yes!" Ye's father answered honestly. Before Ye's younger brother could even feel happy, his face fell in the next second:
"Isn't this just tapping into the advantages of your farming?"
"Your sister was late in digging it out, and wasted all these years. Now you still have time." Father Ye said seriously.
You little bastard, you complain about being tired just by doing such a small job. Studying and flying are still not enough to deal with you.
Brother Ye: “…”Thank you, I don’t need it!
Ye Zhen silently moved away from the battlefield and worked at full speed. While she was talking, she had almost finished pinching all the sweet potato vines in a row. When the basket next to her was full and could no longer hold any more, she simply piled it on the ground.
"Ye Minghai, the cucumbers are all picked. Do you have any more baskets?" the hired helper asked.
Father Ye stopped his verbal bombardment of Little Brother Ye and stood up to take a look.
I saw that the baskets brought from home were all full and piled high on the ground.
"Ye Minghai, even the vegetables in your family grow so well and there are so many of them!" The helper Ye Dajun was also surprised. This is really a sign that if a person is going to be rich, everything will go smoothly. Even the vegetables he sells grow so well.
"We put so much thought into this. Good vegetables attract insects, and weeds grow fast. You didn't see it a while ago. We have to weed every one or two days, and keep an eye out for insects."
"That's right. No wonder they are willing to buy your vegetables. I don't even know how much the labor cost."
Farmers eat their own vegetables, and if there are insects, they will still use pesticides to kill insects. Who has the time to watch the fields every day? If you have the time, you can go to the town to do odd jobs and earn 100 or 200 yuan a day.
"Dad, this basket is not enough for us. How about we buy another one? Otherwise, it won't be enough!"
There are too many things piled up over there at Ye Zhen's place. She needs a basket after a basket. She feels satisfied only when it is full. Putting them on the ground doesn't show her ability! Is she called a humanoid picker for nothing?
"Why buy this? Your grandfather only knows how to weave baskets." Ye's mother has realized her daughter's careless spending of money. She wants to buy everything and shows off whenever she has some money. If she doesn't keep an eye on it, all the money will be spent sooner or later.
Ye Zhen: "What should I use to carry it now?" She missed the Qiankun bag in the world of immortal cultivation, which could hold everything.
"Mom, let's go buy some! How can weaving something so quickly? The bamboo needs to be cut and the water needs to be dried. It also takes time to split the strips and weave them. Besides, how many can my grandfather weave in a day? I feel sorry for his hands!"
Mother Ye: “…” You are the only one who knows how to feel sorry for people, which makes her seem so mean.
Ye's mother: "It's too late to buy it now?"
Ye Zhen: "I'll ask my neighbors and my uncle to borrow some this time. I'll buy commercial baskets for vegetables online. Forget about bamboo ones, they're too heavy."
Mother Ye did the math and realized she would have to buy dozens of baskets, which would cost another fortune!
Ye Zhen knew everything when she saw her mother's troubled look, it must be the miser's temper!
Ye Zhen: "Mom, spend boldly. Look at how many vegetables we have on the slope. They will all turn into money soon. After picking this batch, we can plant another batch. How much can we earn?"
"Besides me, who else in our village has this ability?"
My daughter is bragging again!
Mother Ye glared at her and said, "Is that your ability? It's the land's effort and the ancestors' blessing that makes the vegetables grow well."
"Hurry up and buy some. If you don't, the vegetables will all be piled on the ground. There's still a large field over there that hasn't been picked yet."
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