Chapter 216 Wan Xingmo Helps with the Autumn Harvest
The Wan family was different from other families. They did not bring any dry food, but only a few large water bags to go to the fields. Because Liu had to breastfeed her child, Grandma Wan allowed her to stay at home to take care of the child and cook and deliver meals to the fields.
Even Wan Laosan and Wan Laosi from the town came back.
It can be seen how important the autumn harvest is to ordinary people. It has nothing to do with money. These are all food, the foundation of people's survival. In years of famine, you may not be able to buy food even if you have money.
Now that everything in the town is back on track, Wan Quan is able to temporarily take over from Wan Laosi and collect money as the interim shopkeeper. In the past half month since Wan Laosi came back, Wan Quan has been able to experience the life of a shopkeeper.
The Yu family had no land to begin with, and now they rely entirely on the income from the shop to improve their lives.
Mrs. Wan gave Li a half-month vacation and asked her to go back to the village to help with the autumn harvest. Now that the autumn harvest has begun, there are a lot fewer people in the town, and even more than half of the people working on the construction site have been reduced, so the business in the shop has naturally been much worse, and there is no need for too many people to help.
It is enough to have Wan San's wife and Yu in the kitchen, and the two brothers Wan Quan and Wan Xi serving as waiters in the front.
The most eye-catching at this time is the Wanxing Mo family.
Wan Xingmo somehow got the news of the autumn harvest, and after disappearing for a few months again, he came back again. This time he brought back quite a few people, about twenty or thirty.
Wan Xingmo's family only has five acres of land, and all the people Wan Xingmo brought back went to the fields to help Wan Xingmo's family start harvesting.
Wan Jinshu and Wan Xingchen didn't even have a place to step. In half a day, the five acres of land were harvested.
"Mo'er, these people all look like experienced farmers. Where did you find them? Don't they need to harvest in autumn?"
When Zhao came to deliver lunch at noon, she found that there were suddenly dozens of people on the field, and all the crops on five acres of land had been harvested in the morning, which surprised her.
At this time, Wan Jinshu was pulling Wan Xingmo to ask questions. He had too many questions in his mind.
Wan Xingmo just said vaguely: "Dad, don't worry, they don't have any land, they don't have to harvest their own crops, these people are all temporary workers I hired, every time at this time they run around the border to see who needs temporary workers, as long as they provide food and accommodation and pay a few big bucks, it's fine."
Wan Jinshu had never farmed before, so how could he know that there were people who made a living from it? No wonder he saw these people's movements were so skillful, they looked like old hands.
Wan Jinshu's crops were harvested quickly, but Wan Xingmo did not take his people away. Instead, he asked them to continue helping with the harvest in Wan Lao's fields.
Even lunch was delivered by someone sent by Wan Xingmo.
Wan Lao Er and Wan Lao Da were a little stunned. They felt embarrassed to ask Wan Xingmo to help all the time. He had already helped a lot with Xiao Fubao's matter before. Wan Ersao and Wan Lao Er felt that they owed Wan Xingmo a big favor. But now Wan Xingmo actually brought people to help with the autumn harvest, which made the Wan family feel that it was too much trouble.
"Mo'er, these lands are enough for our family. You don't need to ask anyone to help. Second uncle feels embarrassed."
Wan Xingmo smiled and said, "Uncle, it's okay. We've already paid a day's wages. Even if we work half a day, it's still a day's wages. We might as well ask them to help collect yours. They won't come tomorrow, so you can collect them slowly."
Wan Lao Er was relieved after hearing this, but then he said, "Then your uncle has to pay you for half a day's work. You can't take advantage of me. Although you are doing business now, it is hard-earned money after all. It is not easy to make money. Your uncle can't let you pay, otherwise you will take the person away."
Wan Xingmo smiled and nodded, and finally took the half-day wages. However, he turned around and used the money to buy something and gave it to Xiao Fubao. After going back and forth, the Wan family realized that he didn't want to take their money at all.
The autumn harvest lasted for half a month, but the Wan family’s granary was already full.
On the day after the autumn harvest, a drizzle fell from the sky and every household could finally take a good rest.
Taurus came to visit Wan's family early in the morning wearing a straw raincoat. Although he called it a visit, he actually had a purpose.
"The village chief is here? Please come in." Wan Laoer opened the gate and saw that the village chief was still dripping with water under his straw raincoat, so he quickly let him in.
Jinniu took off his straw raincoat and hung it on the wall in the corridor, then followed Wan Laoer into the upper room.
It was raining today, so the Wan family members stayed at home. With the newly harvested grain, Wan Ersao was making pancakes for the children.
As the saying goes, one autumn rain brings one colder day, ten autumn rains require wearing cotton. However, in the border areas, after one autumn rain, the old people and children have already put on padded jackets.
Jinniu was also wearing an autumn jacket and a short shirt, and followed Wan Laoer into the upper room.
"This autumn rain is good. We just harvested the crops and then the rain came. I think it will be sunny in two days and we can turn the soil."
Jinniu couldn't hide his joy on his face. Such weather made people feel comfortable. It had never rained so often before. Now it rained once every two weeks. Sometimes it rained in the middle of the night and stopped at dawn.
"Yes, we only heard that this border is dry and rainless, but after coming to the border, we found that it is not as dry as we imagined, and it is still good weather and good harvest." Wan Laoer also echoed, feeling indescribably happy. Farmers look forward to good harvests, and who doesn't want good weather and good harvests? He knew that all this was related to Xiao Fubao, and he was even happier.
However, he was still worried. He was afraid that the fake Xiao Fubao would be sent to the State of Yue, and instead of making the State of Yue prosperous and the people enjoying good weather, he would definitely be suspected by the other side. What would Xiao Fubao do then?
I don’t know if it’s because her life has improved now, but it feels like her ears and eyes are much better than when she was in Yangliu Village. She can now hear clearly the sounds in the yard.
"Oh, is the village chief here? Please take a seat. Lao Er will quickly pour him a glass of water."
Old Mrs. Wan had a look of joy on her face. She had heard the conversation between the village chief and her second son. Although the family had no worries about food and clothing now, they were farmers after all. Who wouldn't want good weather and good harvests?
Taurus said hello and sat down on the round stool on the ground.
The kang had been heated in the room and Old Mrs. Wan was wearing a padded jacket, which showed that the weather was indeed cold. Several children were playing on the kang, head to head. When they saw Jinniu coming in, they hurried to greet him and were very polite.
Taurus looked at the furnishings in Old Lady Wan's house with envy. No wonder the Wan family was now the richest family in the village. Just look at their furniture. And this spacious house. The windows were covered with brand new straw paper. The room was very bright, much brighter than their low thatched house.
"Auntie, it's raining today and I'm free, so I came to ask about your harvest this year. I took a look and found that the land in our village is the same, but I think your harvest seems to be better than others."
Old Lady Wan glanced at the second son of the Wan family who was sitting next to her and said with a smile, "I don't really know about this. I'm old now and don't care about things anymore. The land at home is managed by the second son. If you have any questions, just ask him."
Wan Laoer was a very honest person, and he did not hide anything from Jinniu, but told the truth: "The grain has been collected and placed in the barn, and has not been weighed yet. If the village chief wants to take a look, he can come to my house to weigh it when the weather is clear, so that we can have an idea. When I was harvesting, I found that some ears of grain were particularly large, so I harvested them separately and stored them for use as seeds next year to see if it can increase the yield per mu. There is another thing I really want to try."
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
