Chapter 156 Dongjia
"What!"
The man was about to retort, but when he saw the contrast between the fruits of his own land and those of Xu Miaomiao, he could not refute anything. He could only bow his head and bow to Xu Miaomiao: "Madam Xu, you win."
Unconvinced, the man handed the land deed to Xu Miaomiao and quickly fled.
"Madam Xu, it's not easy for you to grow such good potatoes on this wasteland."
Mr. Wang bowed to Xu Miaomiao and said.
"You are too polite, Mr. Wang. I am just lucky."
After returning home, the first thing Xu Miaomiao did was to share this joy with Gu Yuanniang and the others.
"What!" Song Weiwei said happily, "So that means we only spent half the price to buy the land?"
"So, this means we will have our own land in the future?" Gu Yuan's mother also spoke up.
Xu Miaomiao nodded to both of their questions.
The two were so happy that they immediately decided to have a good meal in the evening.
"I didn't expect you to be so powerful. I have never seen women as powerful as you in Liang Country."
Yu Jinhuai lifted the quilt and looked at everyone and spoke.
"Of course." Song Weiwei said with some pride: "We are not little women raised at home. We have our own careers in our hearts."
If there was a tail behind her, Song Weiwei's tail would be raised to the sky.
"Yes, yes, yes." Yu Huaijin echoed Song Weiwei and said, "Our Weiwei is the most amazing. She is a one-of-a-kind young lady in the world."
Song Weiwei was very pleased with his praise and nodded, patting Yu Huaijin on the shoulder: "You have a good eye. I will protect you in the South Country from now on."
"But most of the ladies in the South still stay at home to take care of their husbands and children. Sister Song's remarks are a bit contrary to common sense." Lian'er at the side spoke at an inappropriate time, not realizing that there was anything wrong with what she said at this time.
After spending some time together, Gu Yuanniang's sympathy for Lian'er gradually disappeared, leaving only disgust. She immediately retorted, "Is it only by following your husband's words in everything that we can say that we are not violating common sense?"
Lian'er remained silent, but a layer of mist immediately covered her serious face. She looked at Yu Huaijin aggrievedly: "Lian'er didn't mean that. Sister Gu misunderstood me."
"Eat your food."
Realizing that something was wrong, Xu Miaomiao immediately added a piece of cabbage into Gu Yuanniang's bowl, and the situation calmed down.
"Speaking of which, some people come here and do nothing but make sarcastic remarks." Song Weiwei spoke loudly while eating.
Everyone in the family has their own work to do. Yu Jinhuai also helps treat patients in the county and teaches Xiaobao a lot of things. The only one who does nothing at home is Lian'er.
As expected, as soon as these words were spoken, everyone's eyes flashed in front of Lian'er. The person who fell to the ground was someone brought by Yu Jinhuai. He didn't ask for anything, and Xu Miaomiao and the others were embarrassed to ask Lian'er to work. But it would have been fine if the family had been supporting this pampered young lady every day. But this person was not an easy person to deal with, and anyone who saw her would feel resentful of her.
"Lian'er, you have been here for a while and you haven't seen the land in our village yet, right? How about I take you to have a look tomorrow?"
Xu Miaomiao took the initiative to speak.
Hearing this, even though Lian'er wanted to refuse and didn't know what reason to use, she could only nod and say, "It's great that Sister Xu is willing to take me to have a look. I can help out a little bit."
Lian'er clenched the chopsticks in her hand tightly and saw that no one had any objections, so she breathed a sigh of relief. However, when she thought about having to go to the fields to bask in the sun tomorrow, she was extremely unhappy in her heart.
The cabbages on the original land can no longer be planted, so Xu Miaomiao has to pick up those vegetables first and then plant some corn.
Because the project was quite large, Xu Miaomiao and Gu Yuan's mother got up early and waited for Lian'er in the yard.
Song Weiwei's legs were numb from standing in the yard, and she knocked on Lian'er's door impatiently: "Are you okay? It's time to go."
"Alright, alright."
Lian'er's voice rang out in the house. Although she said okay, it took a long time before the woman slowly walked out of the house.
The woman was wearing a white dress and a bamboo hat on her head. The veil was lifted up, so Xu Miaomiao and the others could still see Lian'er's face.
With her bright red lip balm and curved eyelashes, she didn't look like a woman who was going to do farm work at all, but rather a young lady kept in the mansion.
Seeing her like this, Xu Miaomiao pursed her lips, but still couldn't help but said, "Miss Lian'er, there is a lot of mud on the ground. If you wear such a white skirt, it will get dirty. Why don't you change it?"
Lian'er stopped hesitantly.
"Forget it, forget it. It's too late. Let's go."
Seeing that the woman had no intention of changing her clothes, Gu Yuanniang spoke.
In this way, the originally agreed time was forcibly pushed to noon. Big beads of sweat slid down her cheeks, and Xu Miaomiao wiped them away.
Song Weiwei, who was so exhausted, sat down on a stone nearby: "No, this is too much. When can we finish it?"
Gu Yuanniang was also a little exhausted and said, "Miao Miao, I'm afraid it will be difficult for just the few of us to finish it."
Looking at the half of the land that was still not cleaned up, Xu Miaomiao sighed: "Let's not do it for now, let's go home!"
Once the decision was made, everyone seemed to see hope. They suddenly became lively and packed up their things to leave.
Lian'er, who was originally wearing white clothes, now had her skirt dyed black under it, and her originally neat bun on her head had become messy. But despite this, the land Lian'er was in was no different from before she came.
Perhaps because she was too tired, Song Weiwei didn't have the energy to defile her. She just hurried home and found a bed to lie down.
After asking Gu Yuanniang to help her bring the things back, Xu Miaomiao did not rush home. Instead, she went to the homes of several families who had helped her plant the crops previously.
"Mrs. Xu is here, please come in."
When they saw it was Xu Miaomiao, everyone welcomed her in with a smile.
Xu Miaomiao did not beat around the bush and explained her purpose to everyone clearly: "I have just acquired a piece of land and would like to hire a few people to help me with it. How about you guys?"
"So you are the boss and you hire us to do the work?"
"That's what I mean." Xu Miaomiao nodded. When the word "boss" came out, Xu Miaomiao was also surprised. She didn't expect that she could now be someone else's boss.
The woman raised her lips when she heard this: "Of course you can. When the pears are ripe, we are all idle at home with nothing to do. Even if you don't pay us, we are happy to go."
"Of course the money has to be paid, and the payment will be made based on the number of days. I'll trouble you ladies."
Xu Miaomiao extended her hand to express her gratitude and spoke while looking at the people in front of her.
"What are you talking about? Madam Xu, you found work for us to do and we should thank you for that."
(End of this chapter)
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