Chapter 693 The Expanding Sun Family

The aunt that Sun Wang'er mentioned was Sun Pingmei, who was lying on the beauty couch, eating roasted chestnuts and drinking sweet milk tea.

She has been feeling unwell recently, and her mother-in-law felt sorry for her so she let her stay at home and rest.

Since she could read, she lay on the beauty couch with a storybook in her hands, reading it while her personal maid peeled some chestnuts that had just been roasted with sugar for her.

The chestnuts were golden and steaming.

"Master, I have peeled ten more. Please eat them quickly. Do you want me to feed you?" the maid Hong'er asked softly.

She stood next to Sun Pingmei holding a tray, and deliberately avoided the light for fear of blocking Sun Pingmei's reading.

"Feed me, ah." Sun Pingmei was very lazy. She didn't want to move at all if she could avoid it.

She opened her mouth right after she finished speaking, and Hong'er picked up a chestnut and put it into her mouth.

"Well, this year's chestnuts are extra glutinous and delicious, but this is sweet and the milk tea is sweet too. My throat is choking, give me something spicy to eat, my nose is blocked and spicy food will clear my throat."

Sun Pingmei sniffed.

Although she was resting at home, she didn't take the medicine. Fubao said that her condition was not serious and if she didn't get better after resting for a few days, it wouldn't be too late to take the medicine again.

Chili peppers can make you sweat, so Fubao lets her eat some occasionally.

No trouble.

Hong'er quickly responded, "Okay, I'll ask the cook to prepare some grilled skewers for you. What do you want to eat?"

Jiang’s Snack Shop sells grilled skewers, so the cook can naturally make them too.

There is also an iron stove in the backyard that is specially used for baking things. Jiang Fubao specially asked a blacksmith to make it.

"Grill some pork skewers. Don't use mutton. It's hot in nature and will make your throat uncomfortable. Grill a skewer of pork intestines. They're delicious. Remember to grill them until they're well done. Roast some small potatoes and some long mushrooms. They're very sweet when they're grilled. You can decide for yourself what to do with the rest. When you come, bring me another cup of hot milk tea without sugar."

Sun Pingmei was wearing an inner garment, with her hair draped over her shoulders and falling on the pillow of the beauty bed. She was only covered with a thin blanket, so she was not restrained at all. When she spoke, she even crossed her legs, looking like a queen in the mountains.

Hong'er is used to her being like this.

He nodded as if it was nothing unusual and went to the backyard.

The plate of peeled chestnuts was placed next to Sun Pingmei's pillow. She held the storybook in her left hand and read it with relish, and from time to time she picked up a chestnut with her right hand and put it in her mouth to chew slowly.

It's really fun to eat and read at the same time.

At that time, the Sun family members who came to Jiangjia Village had already returned to the village.

They deliberately did not go to the fields. They ate at home and slept for a while before slowly coming to the fields. Because it was the autumn harvest, no one in the village went home for dinner.

Instead, the woman would go home to cook the meal and then bring it to the fields for the whole family to eat. This way she could save time and harvest more food.

Seeing the Sun family coming back, all the villagers came over, including the village chief of Sunjia Village.

It would be a good thing for him if medicinal herbs could be grown in the village.

Everyone looked at the Sun family eagerly.

"What's going on, Mugen, how is the matter going? Is it successful? Did the Jiang family agree?" The impatient man asked first, and the others nodded.

"Cough, cough, cough." Sun Mugen pretended to cough a few times, then said slowly: "Don't you see who I am? My Pingmei married into his family. How could he not give me this face? It's just that Fubao said that she has no medicinal seeds for the time being. When she gets the seeds next year, she will let our village plant them." Sun Mugen deliberately concealed part of the facts.

He made it sound as if the Jiang family had a very good relationship with him.

It was obviously Jiang Fubao who delayed deliberately, and he said that there was no medicine, so I had no choice.

The people in Sunjia Village took it seriously and thought they would be able to make a fortune by growing medicinal herbs next year.

Everyone was smiling happily.

"Oh, it's done. That's great. Although we can't plant this year, we can wait until next year. When the time comes, Brother Mugen, you can tell your in-laws to let the little doctor give less medicinal seeds to Zhoujia Village and more to our village. In this way, even if Zhoujia Village plants a year earlier than us, we are still better than them. Everyone, what do you think, am I right?"

The man shouted with his head held high.

His tone was so excited that it seemed as if he was the one who went to Jiangjia Village to handle this matter, which made Sun Mugen feel unhappy.

"Yes, yes, you are right. If we continue like this, within three years, our village will be second only to Jiangjia Village. What about Zhangjia Village and Wangjia Village? In another three years, Jiangjia Village will be the boss among the ten villages! As for us, we will be the second. Although the name of the second is not nice, we will live a happy life. As long as we get on the Jiangjia Village ship, we will never have to worry about food and drink in the future."

Another man said in an exaggerated tone.

It seems like good days are coming.

They have never been so happy even when there is a bumper harvest.

"How much money can you make from growing medicinal herbs? Has anyone asked about this? Brother Mugen, do you know? Did the Jiang family tell you how much they would pay for our medicinal herbs?" When they talked about money, these people turned their attention to Sun Mugen again.

"Then the price must be the same as that of Jiangjia Village. Don't you see that I am a member of the Jiang family? How can they treat me unfairly? Don't worry, now we just have to wait for Fubao to get the medicinal seeds. By the way, how is the grain harvest from my field? There are so many of you, haven't you finished harvesting it yet? Can you finish it in the afternoon?" Sun Mugen picked his teeth with his little fingernail and said casually.

In fact, it is putting pressure on them.

After all, he had accomplished his mission, and it was time for the villagers to fulfill their promise to him.

His family has a lot of land, a total of six acres.

"Okay, okay, we'll harvest it for you now. You can go home and have a rest. Fortunately, the autumn heat hasn't come yet, otherwise it would be too hot. Brother Mugen, don't worry. We'll finish harvesting it for you in the afternoon. Even if we don't harvest our own food, we'll harvest it for you first. Don't you agree?"

"yes--"

"Let's go, let's go collect food. Brother Mugen has helped us so much, we can't be lazy——"

"Son, don't stay in our fields anymore. Come here and help your uncle Mugen harvest the rice. Hurry up."

In the entire Sunjia Village, anyone who wanted to grow medicinal herbs went to Sun Mugen’s fields to harvest rice.

Adults and children all gathered here.

Sun Mugen then left with satisfaction.

He had the same expression as He Xinghua, with a look of pride on his face.

"Wang'er, why are you lazying here instead of going to the mountain to chop wood? You are such a jerk. Do you think you are a lady from a rich family and need me to serve you? Hurry up and go to the mountain to chop wood. By the way, see if you can pick chestnuts. You can sell them for money. It's a pity that too many people are picking them. Otherwise, if you pick them for ten days, you can sell them for at least three or four hundred coins. This is faster than farming."