The aroma of the mutton soup that had been simmering all morning filled the air. Li Yan plucked some green onions from the field and handed them to Li Xiaomei: "Aunt, it's getting late. I'll go to the field and call them back to eat!"
When Li Yan arrived at the foot of the mountain, the small team of more than 30 people had already planted half of the fields.
"Uncles, thank you for your hard work. The food at home is ready. Let's go and eat first!" Li Yan said to the busy crowd.
Old Master Li stood up from the ground and called everyone to go back and eat!
Everyone stood there without moving, their eyes all looking at Qin Yue, the meaning was very straightforward.
Qin Yue, feeling everyone's burning gazes, said calmly, "Let's go, let's go eat first!"
Although he wanted them to learn how to grow sweet potatoes, he had no reason to force them to not eat.
The group walked into the Li family's yard in a mighty procession. As soon as they stepped through the gate, the people who had been busy for most of the day smelled the rich aroma of meat.
Mr. Li fetched some water, asked people to wash their hands and faces, and warmly invited everyone into the house to eat.
Those people looked at each other hesitantly. At the urging of Mr. Li, an older man said, "Give us some food. We can sit under the eaves and eat. That way we will feel more comfortable!"
Mr. Li suddenly realized that they didn't dare to sit at the same table with Qin Yue!
Mr. Li understood what he meant and quickly asked the villagers to help move the table and stools in the main hall to the courtyard: "Then I'll inconvenience you all to eat in the courtyard!"
Everyone waved their hands: "It's good here, it's good here!"
At this time, Li Yan brought a large bowl of mutton soup and placed it on the table. The hot mutton soup was sprinkled with green chopped green onions, which whetted people's appetite.
The villagers of Lijia Village, who did not know Qin Yue's identity, sat together with Qin Yue.
They drank the delicious mutton soup happily and munched on the white flour buns that they could not eat on ordinary days.
At the same time, they did not forget to ask the young man in front of them, who had worked hard with them for the whole morning, to eat more! How could they have imagined that the person sitting with them at this moment was the son of the commander-in-chief of the northwest?
Qin Yue was warmly entertained by the villagers. Looking at the villagers wolfing down their food, Qin Yue seemed to be infected by the atmosphere and started eating with big mouthfuls as well.
Compared with the exquisite delicacies he had eaten in the past, in Qin Yue's heart, this meal was no worse than any delicacies from land and sea.
A large pot of mutton soup and three baskets of steamed buns were eaten up.
Everyone rubbed their full stomachs, and from time to time they could hear the sound of burps from the crowd. Everyone sighed in their hearts that this meal of mutton soup was really delicious!
On this day, the people brought by Qin Yue and Mr. Li and his group planted sweet potatoes on all the land that had been plowed previously.
After seeing Qin Yue and his group off, Li Yan said to Old Man Li, "Master, ask the five uncles who helped us open up the wasteland to come over tomorrow. I promised to give them two mu of sweet potato seedlings each so they can take them back and plant them!"
Today I planted the more than 2,000 kilograms of sweet potato seedlings on about 25 acres of land. Tomorrow I will give some to the villagers who helped me to open up the wasteland last time, as well as four acres each to my uncle and aunt's families. The remaining sweet potato seedlings can be used to plant about 10 acres of land.
But since all the fields at home had been planted, Li Yan thought of the slopes on the top of the mountain. After removing the dead branches and weeds, they could also be used to grow sweet potatoes!
Li Yan told Grandpa Li all her thoughts, and of course she had to give the villagers the sweet potato seedlings. Grandpa Li nodded and said, "Okay, leave it to me. I will notify Wen Jian and the others tomorrow!" After that, the grandfather and grandson went home.
Li Yan wanted to finish these things quickly so that she could start preparing for opening the shop.
Although she doesn't have to pay for the shop herself, having the shop alone is not enough. From small things like pots and pans to big things like signs and decoration, she needs to take care of all these things herself. Li Yan feels that there is no end to the things in front of her!
At night, the father and daughter talked about the recent situation in the city.
"I don't know if it's because these businesses have spread the news, but a lot of merchants from other places have come to the dock in the past two days, and Rongcheng is much more lively than before!" Li Erlang sighed.
"That's good news. How long will it take for the market to be built? That way I can prepare for opening the store earlier!" Li Yan asked.
Just as they were talking about this, Li Yan asked, "Dad, can you help me think of a good sign for these two shops? I have time now and I'll ask Uncle Youcai to make one."
The city market will be completed in about ten days, so the signboard needs to be prepared. We can't prepare it on the opening day.
Li Erlang thought for a moment and said, "How about calling it Li Ji Soy Sauce Shop or Li Ji Snacks?"
This signboard sounded very down-to-earth and was in line with their people-friendly positioning, so Li Yan nodded: "Okay, then I'll listen to Dad!"
After agreeing on the signboard, Li Yan went back to her room to rest. She had too many things to do in the past two days, and she also had to deliver sweet potato seedlings to her aunt tomorrow.
After a dreamless night, the next day, Li Yan first found the Zhao father and son, asked them to move the prepared sweet potato seedlings onto the mule cart, and then took the father and son to her aunt's house.
Seeing Li Yan's happy face, the aunt said, "I was just about to go to your house to talk to your mother. Your uncle and the young lady from the Zhou family have already agreed on a date, so they'll get married on the sixth day of next month!"
"Why are we in such a rush?" Li Yan thought about it and realized that today was already the fifteenth, so there were only more than twenty days left to prepare!
"This date was decided upon unanimously with the Zhou family. If we miss the sixth day of next month, it will be the end of the year!" The two of them are so old now, and the Zhou family is unwilling to delay any longer, so they set the sixth day!
Mrs. Guo also felt a little rushed, worried that she had wronged the girl. Finally, the Zhou family agreed to this date, and she finally breathed a sigh of relief!
Li Yan nodded. "Thank you for your hard work, Aunt. I'm here to give you some sweet potato seedlings today. I thought you wouldn't know how to grow them, so I brought some people with me! Have those few acres of inferior land of yours blossomed yet?"
Only then did Guo see the sweet potato seedlings in Li Yan's cart and nodded hurriedly: "They've been turned over, they've been turned over!" Ever since the child told her about high-yield crops, after she came back, in addition to arranging her brother-in-law's marriage, she also turned over the remaining land.
"Then Aunt, grab the farm tools and let's go to the fields together. I've brought some people with me, so I'll let them show you how to plant this!"
Guo Shi didn't respond and dragged Li Yan home: "You've come all the way here, and it's already noon. You should at least eat something before you get busy!"
Although Li Yan wanted to finish the task quickly and go back home after teaching her aunt, there were still things at home waiting for her to do. However, she couldn't let the Zhao father and son work on an empty stomach.
So he followed his aunt's instructions and went into the yard: "Aunt, just roll some noodles. If you delay, it will be too late to go back!"
The distance between the two homes was indeed far, and even driving a mule cart would take half a day.
Considering that it would take some time to teach her how to plant, Guo quickly went into the kitchen and started working as she was told!
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