Chapter 690: The Improper Village

The heat subsided, and in the vast farmlands outside the city, the ears of corn were bent under the weight of the weight. The annual autumn harvest officially began. Jiang Fubao had returned to the village with his grandfather Jiang Shoujia two days ago. One was the village chief and was responsible for the autumn harvest in the village, and the other was in charge of the medicinal fields. During the autumn harvest, two kinds of medicinal herbs happened to be ripe, so every household had to divide into two teams to do the work.

The strong men harvested the crops, while the women and children collected medicinal herbs.

Unlike the tiring work of harvesting rice, harvesting medicinal herbs requires meticulous work. One has to squat on the ground and dig bit by bit. It is a little easier than harvesting rice. In addition, the money earned from selling medicinal herbs is the bulk of the money. Therefore, even though crops are extremely important, every household in Jiangjia Village pays great attention to the harvest of medicinal herbs.

Both are equal in their minds.

If outsiders came into the village at this time, they would find that there was no one in the entire village. Even the dogs of each family had run to the fields to play.

On the left is a medicinal field, and on the right across the river is a farmland, where everyone is busy working. The same is true in other villages.

However, they had no medicinal herbs to harvest, but this year was a bumper year and everyone had a smile on their face.

The harvest of crops means that this year will be a good year. If you tighten your belt, you may be able to save two taels of silver a year.

Two taels of silver can be of great use. It can be used to find a wife for the child, and also to repair the dilapidated house at home.

Everyone depends on the autumn harvest for a living. "Do you know? I heard that Zhoujia Village has also started to grow medicinal herbs. When will it be our turn? Jiangjia Village is getting richer and richer. Many families in the village have cows. Look at us. In the whole village, except for the village chief's family, who can afford to buy a cow? I wish I was from Jiangjia Village. Why did I marry to Sunjia Village? I might as well marry to Jiangjia Village. I really regret it.

I had been looking for a man from Jiangjia Village before, but my parents thought he was poor and they could only offer a dowry of one and a half taels of silver, so they married me here. For so many years, I have never had a good day, and have only suffered hardships. I finally reached the age of being a mother-in-law, and my three sons are waiting to get married. How can my family have so much money? Alas, at my age, I still have to work in the fields. I am miserable."

In the fields of Sunjia Village, while taking a break, a middle-aged woman complained to the woman next to her.

His words were full of envy for Jiangjia Village.

"What? Zhoujia Village has also started to grow medicinal herbs? On what basis? When did Zhoujia Village and Jiangjia Village become so close? Logically, even if they want to grow them, it should be our turn. You know, Mugen's grandson married the second son of Village Chief Jiang.

The bones are broken and the tendons are still connected. How come it is Zhoujia Village's turn? Didn't Zhoujia Village go to Jiangjia Village to cause trouble before? There is another person in the village who is in jail. How can they plant crops?"

The woman next to her didn't care whether her life was hard or not, but her mind was full of thoughts about medicinal herbs.

The voice was so loud that as soon as he finished speaking, people who were doing farm work nearby came over.

"What did you just say? Zhoujia Village has started growing medicinal herbs? Why haven't I heard of it?"

"Yes, why does Zhoujia Village also grow medicinal herbs? Could it be that the daughter of the new village chief married the Jiang village chief? Many of his grandsons are still unmarried." "That shouldn't be possible. His grandsons of marriageable age are either studying in school and have achieved academic honors, or learning business from their families. How could they look at the girls from Zhoujia Village? Zhoujia Village is not as wealthy as our village. I don't believe it. If that's the case, I will take my eldest grandson to Jiangjia Village after the autumn harvest tomorrow. I will beg on my knees to find a good marriage for my granddaughter."

"Don't make blind guesses. It's not about getting married or not. There's not enough wasteland in Jiangjia Village to grow crops. I heard that the miracle doctor of the Jiang family is going to open a clinic in another place. He needs a lot of medicinal herbs. It's cheap to see a doctor there. She doesn't have to pay for the herbs, so she grows them herself. I also heard that the price for the herbs is the same as in Jiangjia Village. To be honest, this miracle doctor is quite nice and has a conscience. He is worthy of being from the village."

"Liang, how did you know this? You know this so clearly about something we don't even know. You can't be making it up, right?"

The Liang this person was talking about was the middle-aged woman who had complained at the beginning.

"Bah, what nonsense am I talking about? My younger sister married into Zhoujia Village. I went to the wedding banquet of her younger son. She even brought five eggs with her. I was so heartbroken. My younger sister told me. Zhoujia Village kept this news a secret. I'm afraid not many people know about it. The medicinal seeds have only been planted for a short time. It is estimated that they will not mature this year. Hey, they will make a lot of money next year. We are not like us. We work in this broken field all day long. We can't save any money all year round and we don't know what we are working for."

Liang sighed again and again.

I'm so jealous.

"Really? If there's not enough land to plant, why don't you come to our village? Our village isn't that far away, and our land is bigger than Zhoujia Village. How can Zhoujia Village plant crops? We even have a relative of Village Chief Jiang in our village. Even if they can plant crops, it should be our turn."

"Yes, now Zhoujia Village is going to be so proud. Jiangjia Village was the poorest village before, then Zhoujia Village became the poorest. Now Zhoujia Village grows medicinal herbs, so in the future, won't Sunjia Village be the poorest? This is too much, village chief, clan leader, come quickly, something big has happened."

"What's the point of calling the village chief? I think we should go find Sun Mugen. Didn't his third daughter Pingmei marry Jiang Eryong? Let Sun Mugen ask his in-laws if we can grow medicinal herbs in Sunjia Village. After the crops are harvested, the land will be nothing but radishes and cabbages. It's better to grow medicinal herbs. We can harvest them before the spring planting next year and make a profit. Then we can continue to grow crops. Two crops a year, and within three years, our village will be rich."

Some were jealous, some were envious, some called the village chief for advice, and some even called Sun Pingmei's biological parents over.

Sun Mugen's family was harvesting rice. They were called over with confused faces, full of bewilderment.

"What are you doing? Why don't you hurry up and harvest the rice? What are you doing here? If you don't harvest the rice, then I will."

Sun Pingmei's mother He Xinghua said in a bad tone.

She felt that the villagers had delayed her family's rice harvest.

"Sun He, please don't cut it off. It's a big deal. Why cut it off when something bad has happened?"

The person who called them over said anxiously.

"What's the matter? It doesn't look like it's going to rain." For farmers, the most important thing is the crops. Now is the autumn harvest time, so the most important thing He Xinghua thinks is that it is going to rain.

She looked up at the sky, but it didn't look like it was going to rain.