Chapter 199 Lesson
The neighbor aunt pulled Gu Xixi aside and chattered about her recent discoveries from observing the Qin family.
Gu Xixi listened and was happy for Mrs. Qin from the bottom of her heart, "No wonder Mrs. Qin has been too busy to visit us lately."
The neighbor aunt looked at Gu Xixi with a smile, as if she was looking at a delicious commodity, her eyes full of love.
She sighed and said, "My son just has no vision. If he had followed you, he would not only have made a lot of money, but also lost all these things for nothing... What fruit trees are there from nowhere?"
He Jinglan said with a smile, "Auntie, what do you mean by Bai Luo? It makes it sound like our Xixi is a sucker."
Auntie slapped her mouth in a hasty smile and said, "Oh, look at my mouth. I really can't speak."
"But when you first mentioned planting fruit trees in the land temple, our family never said a bad word about it."
"Recently I have been scolding my son a lot, saying that he is so foolish and has lost his mind, and he is even more timid than a mouse! If someone is happy to give you fruit tree seeds for free without asking for money, you should be grateful and accept them with both hands, and learn how to do things from them wholeheartedly."
"You are so good, running after that bunch of idiots, believing whatever they say. Are you regretting it now?"
Gu Xixi and He Jinglan exchanged glances.
Everyone knew what this aunt was planning.
Gu Xixi said casually, "Why does he have to follow me? As the saying goes, everyone has their own destiny. There is still a lot of time to come, and your son will definitely encounter good opportunities in the future."
As she spoke, she smiled politely as she pulled He Jinglan out.
Auntie was a little disappointed that she didn't get a single definite answer from Gu Xixi, but she still chased after them and said, "You two, please walk slowly. When you have time, come to my house and sit down. I'll make you fried chess beans!"
When they reached the main road, He Jinglan looked back and couldn't see the aunt anymore, so she breathed a sigh of relief.
“Really…”
"You were opposed and looked down upon at the beginning, and few families were willing to plant fruit trees. Where did these people go?"
"Now that they have seen the actual benefits, they have changed their minds one by one and are eager to hold you in their arms."
Gu Xixi smiled and said, "Everyone in the world is pursuing profit, which is understandable."
She paused and said, "No matter what they think, let's wait until next year."
He Jinglan smiled slyly, "Let those who are waiting and regretting continue to temper their tempers?"
Gu Xixi looked at her and said, "Not only that, by next year, maybe I can give them another choice."
The two walked forward, and when they were almost at Lao Qian's orchard, Gu Xixi turned her head several times and looked back inconspicuously.
He Jinglan noticed something unusual and asked in a low voice, "What's going on? Is someone following us?"
Gu Xixi said, "Well, I saw it when I arrived at Qin's house just now."
"This man is idle all day long and has never married. He is called an old bachelor."
He Jinglan was a little scared, "What does he want to do by following us?"
Gu Xixi smiled comfortingly, "Don't be afraid, the people in the village are simple, not as complicated as the people in the city. It's broad daylight and we are outside, he won't dare to do anything to us."
He Jinglan breathed a sigh of relief, but still stuck to Gu Xixi nervously.
When I walked outside the orchard, I saw Lao Qian and Aunt Qian shoveling chicken manure in the orchard.
Gu Xixi had a clue in her mind, and whispered to He Jinglan, "Just wait and see, we'll scare him too."
As she spoke, Gu Xixi took He Jinglan and walked quickly into the orchard, "Aunt! Uncle Qian, Jinglan and I are here!"
Aunt Qian and Old Qian immediately came over with shovels.
"Coming?"
"These chickens and ducks eat insects and grow fast. We have already started to harvest eggs from them since yesterday. Their manure can also fertilize the land. The excess can be collected as fertilizer and saved for our own use next year."
Gu Xixi said with a smile, "Chicken manure is an excellent fertilizer. It is best used to strengthen seedlings. It can also improve the soil, making it less likely to clump and more fertile."
"When the manure is ready, I want to be the first one to buy it."
Aunt Qian was surprised, "This thing... can be traded?"
Gu Xixi said, "Of course you can. The wealthy families in the city have farms and gardeners."
"Where do they get all that fertilizer? Of course they have to buy it."
Old Qian and Aunt Qian looked at each other with great joy, "I didn't expect that this orchard, big and small, every corner and crevices, would be a place to make money!"
After chatting for a few more sentences, Gu Xixi glanced back and whispered something to the couple.
Aunt Qian spat, "Bah, this old man did such a shameless thing, he really brought shame to our village!"
"Leave this matter to our General Hei, I guarantee he will be well disciplined!"
He Jinglan was curious, "What is Black General?"
Gu Xixi kept it a secret, "You've seen him before, so you know him."
Outside the orchard, the old bachelor leaned behind the fence, watched a few people talking from afar, and then walked into the depths of the woods.
He couldn't see anything anymore, and he became anxious. After much hesitation, he finally mustered up the courage to sneak into the orchard...
Soon, the old bachelor was heard yelling, "Don't chase me! Ah! Ahhhh!!!"
“It hurts, it hurts… Help!!!”
Lao Qian, Gu Xixi and others walked out from behind the tree.
Watching the old bachelor being chased around by a rooster and a goose.
The rooster flapped its wings and flew higher than the old bachelor. It seemed as if it had set its sights on the old bachelor's hair and kept flying up to peck at it.
The big goose chased after the old bachelor and twisted his butt persistently.
Because the garden was full of fruit trees, the old bachelor was so panicked that he could only run around in circles and couldn't find the exit at all.
He Jinglan opened her mouth slightly. Ah, it looks... very painful.
She asked, "Is this chicken the Black General?"
Aunt Qian smiled and responded, "The other day you said it was a very good fighting cock, and my husband said that a fighting cock that doesn't want to be a general is not a good fighting cock."
"Because it has black feathers on its neck, we call it Black General."
He Jinglan looked at the old bachelor whose hair had been pecked again not far away and clapped her hands, "What a good name."
Seeing that the fire was almost ready, Gu Xixi said to Lao Qian, "Uncle Qian, it's ready."
Lao Qian whistled and shouted, "Lao Hei, come back!"
I don’t know if it’s because Lao Qian gave the fighting cock its name.
The chicken now obeys him.
The black general flapped his wings, and after a few takeoffs and landings, he was at Lao Qian's feet.
Old Qian stroked the black general's sleek neck with his fingers and said, "Let's go eat."
Just then the big goose chased the old bachelor and ran close to him.
Aunt Qian skillfully lifted the gooseneck and rescued the old bachelor.
The old bachelor was in a state of utter disgrace. He gasped for breath and raised his head, only to be met with four pairs of unfriendly eyes.
He was already exhausted from running, and seeing this, his legs went limp and he sat down on the ground.
Old Qian shouted, "Tell me! You secretly followed these two girls in broad daylight, what do you want to do?!"
Gu Xixi said, "You were the one peeking outside my house that afternoon when Gu Youfu was causing trouble, right?"
The old bachelor glanced at He Jinglan with a flickering look in his eyes.
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