"...Aunt Chi, that's exactly what we meant. We're worried you might be targeted. We also need these vegetables, so why don't you sell them to us directly? It'll be a win-win situation."
Meng Kuo began to analyze the situation with Aunt Chi and Uncle Chi.
Chi Tang is happily eating apple puree!
After her guidance, I finally learned how to use a spoon to make apple puree for her!
So delicious!
Seeing the chubby baby eating happily, Meng Chen smiled unconsciously: "Some people from town came to check on you before, but I turned them away. So you'd better not go to town to sell your food."
A common man is innocent, but possessing a treasure is a crime!
In a year of famine, who wouldn't be surprised if a farmer who toils in the soil could produce such rare fruit?
Although the Meng family found it strange, they did not intend to investigate further.
Everyone has secrets, don't they?
What the Meng family wants to do is protect the Chi family.
Mr. and Mrs. Chi understood what this meant.
"...Thank you very much, but the price will be the normal price from previous years..."
Old Man Chi saw things very clearly.
Earning this unexpected windfall for five or six days is already a pleasant surprise.
Don't be greedy.
We owe the Meng family too many favors; how can we sell to them at a high price?
Meng Kuo smiled, his still-childish face revealing a sincere expression:
"Uncle, aren't you just slapping me in the face? I'm not telling you this to take advantage of you. If you're not willing to sell to us at yesterday's price, then go sell it in town."
Though small in stature, his presence is not weak.
Although her voice still had a soft, childlike quality, she was very organized and composed in her actions and speech.
The old man and his wife were very envious.
I wish my children and grandchildren could be so successful.
"Alright, I won't be coy then. We'll deliver it to you tonight."
"No need, that would make it easy for people to find out. Just leave the things by the well, and I'll have someone come and get them."
Meng Chenyi refuted Old Man Chi's words.
Old Man Chi and Aunt Chi exchanged a glance, their expressions somewhat complicated, but they both nodded in agreement.
Even after Meng Chen left, he still looked at Chi Tang with lingering affection.
"Meng Chenyi seems aloof and cold, but I never expected him to get along so well with our Tangbao," Aunt Chi couldn't help but remark.
At first, she was quite scared.
After all, she has a pair of purple eyes.
But after spending more time with him, she discovered that this child was actually very warm-hearted!
Even if you show concern for him, he will feel helpless and unsure of what to do.
This child must have suffered a lot because of those eyes, right?
"Hmph, I think he has ill intentions and has his eye on our Tangbao!" Old Man Chi said angrily, addressing his daughter in the same way his wife did.
Aunt Chi was speechless, her eyes practically flying to the sky: "Are you kidding me? Chen Yi is only five years old! Tang Bao is only a few months old! What do you have in mind? You old hag!"
"Anyway, you should take Tangbao to the Meng family less often in the future."
Now, everyone looks like a thief trying to steal his daughter!
Aunt Chi was too lazy to talk to him, so she simply handed her daughter over to him to take care of and went to cook.
I've earned ten taels of silver these past few days selling vegetables and cherries.
Therefore, Aunt Chi was willing to buy meat for everyone to enjoy.
Because they had warned Sister-in-law Chi in advance, outsiders didn't know that the Chi family's food was so delicious.
The children eat until their bellies are round and full every day!
They had all become much stronger.
The days grew hotter and hotter, and even the Chi family's farmland began to crack.
The crops in the other villagers' fields had all withered.
No matter how many men and women squat down and weep, it's all in vain.
Because they had already watered the field quite a bit, the Chi family was unwilling to give up, so they continued to water it every four or five days.
I gritted my teeth and persevered.
But gradually, the villagers stopped agreeing.
Since every household is struggling to get drinking water, how come the Chi family still has water to irrigate their fields?
Although the Chi family denied it, and only a thin layer of water remained in the well, the villagers with conjunctivitis kept watching the Chi family day and night!
In this way, the Chi family had no way to sneak out and water the fields!
Chi Dashan was so angry that he stomped his feet and gritted his teeth at home.
"A bunch of jerks who can't stand to see others do well! Dad, what are we going to do? Seven days have passed, and if we don't water the fields soon, all our previous efforts will be wasted!"
Chi Dashan angrily grabbed at his hair.
It's secondary that all the hard work was for nothing.
The main problem is that if we don't water them soon, the crops will dry up and die, resulting in a complete crop failure!
Even Sister-in-law Chi, who never worried about household matters, started grumbling and cursing:
"What are you all doing! We're using water from our own well to irrigate our fields, what's it to them? Why are you all so nosy?!"
Sister-in-law Chi lowered her eyes.
So this person never questioned why there was only such a thin layer of water left in the well, yet there was still water in the house to irrigate the fields.
It's really... I don't know what to say.
For once again, Old Man Chi took a puff of his pipe, exhaling puffs of white smoke that slowly dissipated into the air.
There was silence for a long while.
After a long while, everyone was getting really annoyed by the weak chirping of the cicadas in the trees.
Just when it was about to erupt.
Old Man Chi spoke up: "If it doesn't work, then forget it."
There was nothing that could be done about the complete crop failure.
Fortunately, we sold vegetables to the Meng family every day and earned a tael of silver (to avoid arousing suspicion, we only sold vegetables and not cherries).
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