Chapter 94, Help
"Hey, Xiaoxue is busy." Seeing the vegetable fields here, Boss Zhao was a little excited.
It’s just that the number of samples is not enough. If they were complete, it would be great if Zeyang store had them all.
What a pity. What a pity.
"Well, pull out the weeds in the vegetable garden." Mei Xue raised her hand. She was holding a handful of grass. The grass was tender, and she took it back to feed the chickens at home.
Pigs used to eat it, but now the pigs have been sold, so chickens eat it instead.
Qian Zeyang finally came over and said, "Grandma He, your legs are really strong." He was panting and sweating.
When Boss Zhao saw his son coming, he immediately introduced him to Mei Xue, "Xiaoxue, this is my eldest son, Qian Zeyang. You can call him Brother Qian. He is older than you." Boss Zhao did not consider himself an outsider at all.
Mei Xue glanced at Qian Zeyang. He didn't look too much like his father, but he had the same good looks, straight eyes, and some business savvy.
But it doesn’t matter, as long as he has good character, “Brother Qian.” Mei Xue curled her lips and called out.
Boss Zhao knew Mei Xue's personality, and seeing that she didn't talk much, he didn't think much about it, "By the way, Xiao Xue, are your vegetables ready?"
When Mei Xue saw him asking about vegetables, she immediately took him to the water spinach and celery, "Only these can be eaten now. The others may have to wait until the end of the month."
When they saw the water spinach and celery, they were surprised, "They look so good?" They were so juicy.
"Well, I took good care of it, so it grows well." Mei Xue was not polite. The vegetables she grew were just good and worthy of praise.
"I want all these dishes. Can I take them away today?" Qian Zeyang was excited.
Mei Xue glanced at him and saw that he was eating water spinach leaves and celery leaves. She thought he was a little silly.
Does it taste good raw?
"Okay, but you have to wait a while. They haven't been picked yet." We have to go at least until noon.
Grandma He looked at her own vegetable patch. If Xiaoxue was working alone, it would take at least until noon. "It's okay, grandma will help you pick them." Grandma He said with a smile.
"Grandma, I can do it by myself. You go back and make lunch. Uncle Zhao and the others rarely come here, so they should have lunch at home." Mei Xue was reluctant to let her grandma suffer like this.
"But how can you pick them all by yourself?" Grandma He's eyes rolled around, trying to give Mei Xue some hint.
Mei Xue was happy to see her grandmother like this, "If Uncle Zhao helps, we might be able to finish picking the fruits before noon." Mei Xue immediately understood what her grandmother meant.
Seeing that Xiaoxue understood what she meant, Grandma He was so happy: "Yes, Boss Zhao, how about you guys help here and I will go back to cook for you?" Turning around, Grandma He said to Boss Zhao and the others.
Only today did Boss Zhao truly understand what it meant that old people become more energetic.
"Then thank you for your help, auntie. Zeyang and I will help Meixue pick vegetables here." How could I not agree?
Qian Zeyang didn't think much about it. He had never done this job before, but he wouldn't do it even if he was asked to leave now.
"Okay, then you guys pick the vegetables here. I'll go back first." Grandma He said happily when she saw that people agreed.
When Mei Xue saw her grandmother was about to leave, she immediately stopped her and said, "Grandma, wait a minute, take some vegetables back home. There are no more green onions at home." After saying that, Mei Xue squatted down, picked some and handed them to her grandmother.
I also picked some peppers and eggplants, but there aren't many left, so I'll just pick them and leave them alone.
Last time I picked a lot of peppers to make chili sauce. My grandma said that the remaining ones can be used to dry them, so they have been growing here.
Fortunately, it doesn’t take up much land.
Carrying a few dishes, Grandma He went down the mountain.
Mei Xue picked up some dry straw from the ground nearby and said, "Uncle Zhao, let's pick it."
Boss Zhao and Qian Zeyang had never done such work before. They learned little by little from Mei Xue. After they finally got the hang of it, they became faster.
Qian Zeyang was almost done. Not only did the vegetables he picked look ugly, but he also brought in some old leaves. Mei Xue couldn't stand it and asked him to bundle the vegetables.
After tying them up, they are carried down the mountain in a basket.
After picking the vegetables, they rinsed them in buckets of water so that they would not be afraid of the sun. It was not until noon when Grandma He came up and asked everyone to go down the mountain to eat that the three of them finished picking and bundling the water spinach and celery.
"Put it here. I'll come up the mountain to pick it up later." After finishing the work, Mei Xue asked them to go down the mountain together: "Let's go back and eat."
Looking at the bundles of vegetables, Grandma He's face was full of smiles. "Boss Zhao, you've worked hard. Let's go back and have a good meal." Grandma He made a lot of delicious food for lunch today.
There are fish, meat and vegetables from our own fields.
Boss Zhao patted his old waist and stood up: "I haven't exercised for a long time. I'm really exhausted from this work." He looked at Mei Xue with admiration.
"It's good to be young."
Qian Zeyang wasn't feeling well either. He had been squatting for a whole afternoon and his legs were numb.
"It's okay, just eat more and take a rest before leaving. It's okay." Grandma He continued.
The four of them went down the mountain and returned home. Grandma He gave the two of them a new towel and asked them to wash their faces.
The two of them were not polite. They were really tired and needed to wash their faces and take a rest.
People who have never done farm work are not used to the long pauses and bending at first.
Mei Xue was not in a hurry to wash her face. She found a basket and planned to go to the mountain to pick the vegetables down. She would leave them there to dry for a while, for fear that the vegetables would wilt.
"Xiaoxue still wants to go up the mountain?" Boss Zhao asked when he saw Xiaoxue's actions.
“Well, we have to pick the vegetables. If we dry them in the sun, they won’t be edible when you take them back.” She also had to add spiritual spring water to nourish them.
"Oh, oh, okay, I'll go with you." Boss Zhao handed the towel in his hand to Qian Zeyang and said.
Mei Xue shook her head, "No, just rest at home for a while. The dishes are not heavy." There were not many dishes, maybe about 60 or 70 kilograms.
She still managed to pick it out.
Grandma He also knew that she had tortured people severely today, and she did not agree with him going up the mountain. "Don't get in the way. Sit down and rest for a while. Xiaoxue can go alone."
After hearing Aunt He's words, Boss Zhao couldn't force it any further. "Okay then. Thank you for your hard work, Xiaoxue."
Mei Xue shook her head and said, "It's okay, you paid the money." Indeed, the vegetable buyer went to pick the vegetables himself. I'm afraid it was the first time.
"Haha, it's okay, it's okay." Boss Zhao waved his hand quickly, "Just treat it as an experience of life."
After the food was served, Mei Xue picked all the dishes back without waiting.
Mei Xue went straight to the well behind the house and poured some diluted spiritual spring water on the vegetables. Finally, she managed to revive them and they didn't look so wilted anymore.
During lunch, Qian Zeyang personally discussed the prices of the dishes with Mei Xue.
The price he offered was indeed higher than what they would pay if they sold the vegetables at the market themselves, but Qian Zeyang also had a condition: from now on, they could only sell their vegetables to him.
(End of this chapter)
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