Chapter 66 Particularly Suitable
When Zeng Xiaoyan heard her mother-in-law say this, she smiled and vaguely said that she bought it in the city. "It's not expensive, and it smells delicious. I bought some specially for you, Dad and Mom, to try."
Xiao Shuang and Xiao Dong, the two nieces and nephews, were also attracted and followed the lead. Zeng Xiaoyan handed each of them a small piece of pork ribs and said, "Come, try it!"
Xiaoshuang and Xiaodong took it happily.
“Wow, it smells so good!”
“It’s delicious!”
Aunt Liang smiled helplessly, "It looks delicious, I'll try it when I fry it at noon."
The third son's wife is really broad-minded. Even though she never gives in when arguing with the second son's wife, she has nothing to say about the nephews and nieces from the second house.
No wonder these two kids like her too.
After entering the house and hiding from others, Zeng Xiaoyan and her husband handed the money they earned today to Aunt Liang.
Aunt Liang was surprised when she was counting, "Nine hundred and forty-six coins, how can there be so many!"
Zeng Xiaoyan and her husband were waiting for her to be surprised with great satisfaction. Seeing this, they smiled as if they had gotten what they wanted.
"I sold some other things today, so I made a little extra money!"
"Don't worry, mom, this money is all clean, hehe."
Aunt Liang's hands couldn't help but tremble again. She counted out two hundred and eighty coins and gave them to the two of them. "Keep it. Don't tell your eldest sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law."
"Um!"
They understand the art of making money quietly. Although they can keep 30% of the profits they hand over to the public, this 30% is really too much. Even if it is their due, it still affects family harmony if it is made public.
Family matters are never just about talking about reason, but also about taking emotions into consideration.
The two men hid their private money, said hello to Aunt Liang, and went to Xu Zhichun's house for lunch.
Aunt Liang smiled helplessly and let them do as they pleased.
The braised pork and spareribs were really delicious. Xu Zhichun also soaked some bamboo shoots and dried tea tree mushrooms that she said were from the mountains, and made a dry pot duck with chopped duck meat, fried a lot of poached eggs and stir-fried green peppers, and added two vegetarian dishes.
Start eating.
Aunt Zhu'er and Zeng Xiaoyan were both stunned by Liang Chunfen's appetite, as they had heard of him for a long time and saw him for the first time.
Zeng Xiaoyan was extremely impressed and gave Liang Chunfen a thumbs up with a smile, praising her good appetite; Aunt Zhuer was surprised and couldn't help but think that with such an appetite, she probably rarely had a full meal at home. She couldn't help but feel pity for her and kept urging her to eat more.
Liang Chunfen smiled innocently. He had been a little reserved, but now he relaxed completely. Everyone at Sister Zhichun's place was a good person.
In the afternoon, Liang Lizheng came back from the city and gave them the land deeds.
Xu Zhichun's family bought over a hundred acres, Zhu'er's aunt's family also bought ten acres, and the village head bought forty acres for himself.
Now that we have the land deeds, we feel at ease.
Plant all the sweet potato vines, and then you can harvest lots of sweet potatoes!
We have to reclaim the wasteland as soon as possible.
Everyone still felt that they were better at handling the konjac tofu business, so both Xu Zhichun and Aunt Zhu'er planned to hire villagers to open up the wasteland.
Xu Zhichun hired the same people as last time, and added four more people. Aunt Zhu'er's family hired two brothers.
Liang Chunfen finally found his place again, and with all his energy and enthusiasm, he threw himself into the reclamation. His boundless strength overwhelmed all the men in the village.
Although they hired people who were not talkative, the news spread quickly throughout the village like a gust of wind.
Fortunately, both Liang Lizheng and Zhu'er's aunt helped share the burden. Even the villagers hired to open up wasteland did not know that Xu Zhichun's family had bought hundreds of acres of land. They thought it was only a few dozen acres.
Before they could curiously inquire whether Xu Zhichun and his team could really make so much money selling konjac, Liang Lizheng's speech quickly grabbed everyone's attention.
"The village head told everyone to plant more sweet potatoes. He said the more the better. They're a good thing. We can sell the leftovers. Are you planning to reclaim the land?"
"I don't know. It costs money to buy land for reclamation, and I have to pay taxes later. I don't have the money."
"Alas, I can't bear to spend money either. I've finally saved up a little money and I'm afraid it won't be worth it."
"It's the same at our house. We've planted everything we can in the corners of the vegetable garden, on the edge of the fields, and under the fences in front of and behind the house. I think we're almost there."
"Yeah, that's a good idea."
".My family has discussed it and decided to try opening two acres."
As a result, the sweet potato fever that had just subsided swept the whole village again.
Many people plan to buy land for reclamation, although they are only two acres, three acres, or one acre, the total amount is considerable.
Everyone started busying themselves with their own affairs and no longer cared about whether other companies were making money.
Xu Zhichun had originally prepared for the first and second wives to come and ask him how to deal with it, but he didn't expect that there was no response.
She never imagined that Uncle Liang and the others would be so happy when they learned that Master Liu from Quanshan Village had dismissed the school and left Quanshan Village due to illness, leaving Liang Mingxuan with no place to study.
They knew about this but pretended not to know - after all, if they knew, as elders they would definitely care about it, and they might even come forward to find a school for Liang Mingxuan to attend.
They don't want to do such a thing.
So I just pretended I knew nothing and naturally didn't go to ask.
Besides, in their view, after Xu Zhichun remarried, no matter how much land she owned, it would all belong to her. It didn't matter whether they looked at it or not at this point.
It's better to distance yourself from her now, so that no matter what happens in the future, it will have nothing to do with your family.
Just two days after we started the land reclamation, it suddenly started raining.
It rained heavily, starting in the evening and continuing all day the next day.
I had already agreed with Manager Tang that we would not deliver goods to the city if it rained.
I'm not going into town to sell my konjac tofu today. Luckily, it's fine to soak in water for another day. If it rains again tomorrow, I'll have to go into town.
Just wear a straw raincoat and a straw hat. It doesn't matter as long as the rain is not heavy.
However, with this heavy rain, the lantern fruits that were already shaky and on the verge of bursting must have been blown away by the rain and wind and were definitely gone.
The villagers felt it was a pity that they could no longer earn money to supplement their family income. Xu Zhichun and the others were also very sorry.
Zeng Xiaoyan and Aunt Zhuer were particularly worried, wondering whether the harvested fruits would be enough to last until the new gooseberries ripened.
Xu Zhichun understood what was going on and said a few words to comfort her.
When he was free, Xu Zhichun found a simple version of the Spring Festival and Bring Good Luck Flower Bun from the warehouse space at the harbor and showed it to Zeng Xiaoyan.
"How do you think this looks? I'd make a birthday decoration with bright colors, a few large ones, and several layers high. It would be fresh and unique. The raw material is flour, and for the color, I picked a lot of wild flowers and leaves from the mountains, mashed them and extracted the juice to make the color. Don't worry, they are all non-toxic and edible."
After choosing for a long time, Xu Zhichun felt that this one was particularly suitable. It had good meanings for happiness and longevity, and it was made into several tall and large layers. It was colorful, and the shape was unique and beautiful. It was also very presentable.
And the cost is not high.
Of course, dyeing and the like were pure nonsense, and she didn't know how to make flower buns. Anyway, there was some in the warehouse, so she just used it.
Something like this is something the Liang family can definitely make. It's very suitable as a birthday gift, and it shows that they put a lot of thought into it.
(End of this chapter)
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