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On the second day in the new house, vegetables were planted in the backyard and the front yard was tidied up.

Xie Jiaojiao felt that the sugarcane harvest could not be delayed any longer. If she harvested the sugarcane during this period, she would have to dig sweet potatoes in the fields next month, and she would have no time by then.

Early that morning, Xie Jiaojiao said to Sun Ruhua: "Mom, there is something I want to discuss with you."

Sun Ruhua looked at her with a smile: "What's the matter?"

Xie Jiaojiao said: "I went up the mountain with Zhiyi and the others and found a large area of ​​sugarcane. I want to bring it back."

What? Sun Ruhua was a little shocked: "There are sugar canes on our mountain?" She had also heard about sugar canes before.

Xie Zhiyi didn't know what sugar cane was yet: "Mom, what is sugar cane?"

Sun Ruhua didn't know either. She had only heard of it but never seen it since she was a child.

Xie Jiaojiao said: "It's the one I gave you to eat on the mountain that day."

Xie Zhiyi was like, oh, so that's sugarcane.

Xie Jiaojiao thought Sun Ruhua didn’t know about this sugarcane, but it turns out Sun Ruhua also knew about it.

Sun Ruhua looked at Xie Jiaojiao and said, "Girl, how do you know that's sugar cane? I only heard your grandfather mention this sugar cane when I was a child. I've never seen it before."

Xie Jiaojiao didn't want to explain these things. She shook her head and said, "I don't know either, but I only know that it was sugar cane. And mother, I don't know why, I hit my head against the wall, the disease healed, and many other things appeared in my mind. I can't explain it in one or two sentences, but mother, I know that what I found on the mountain must be sugar cane."

After saying that, Xie Jiaojiao turned around and asked Xie Zhiyi: "Zhiyi, was the sugarcane very sweet last time?"

Xie Zhiyi nodded: "Mom, it's as sweet as honey."

Xie Jiaojiao continued, "Mom, the sugarcane is already sweet, which means it is ripe. What I want is that we get it back as soon as possible to prevent it from rotting in the soil."

Sun Ruhua shook her head: "Even if it's sugar cane, we can't finish eating this large piece."

Xie Jiaojiao felt that Sun Ruhua still didn't understand: "Mom, this sugar cane can be used to make brown sugar, don't you know?"

Ah? Sun Ruhua was shocked: "What did you say?"

Xie Jiaojiao thought that communication in ancient times was not well developed.

"I said this sugar cane can be used to make brown sugar! Let's get it back and make brown sugar to sell in town."

"You mean this brown sugar is made from sugar cane?"

Xie Jiaojiao thought, not entirely, most brown sugars also have honey added to them. She saw her grandmother making it when she was a child, but pure sugarcane brown sugar is more expensive than ordinary brown sugar.

"Mom, I have a way to make brown sugar from sugar cane."

Sun Ruhua couldn't wait any longer and immediately put down her bowl and chopsticks.

"What are we waiting for? Let's go up the mountain and get the sugar cane back now."

Xie Jiaojiao stopped her: "But mother, I have something else to tell you."

Sun Ruhua looked at her: "Anything else?"

"For making brown sugar, our pot is too small. We may need to buy a big iron pot."

Sun Ruhua nodded. She had originally planned to go to town to buy a wok.

Seeing that Sun Ruhua agreed, Xie Jiaojiao finally breathed a sigh of relief. She was afraid that Sun Ruhua would be reluctant to spend the money from selling the pot.

Xie Jiaojiao continued, "Mom, don't tell anyone about this, including Zhiyi, understand?"

Xie Zhiyi looked at Xie Jiaojiao: "Can't Brother Niu tell me either?"

"No."

Sun Ruhua nodded: "Don't worry, mother knows. Fortunately, we have moved to the foot of the mountain now, so we are not afraid of attracting other people's attention."

Of course, if it weren't for this, would Xie Jiaojiao think of ways to break off the relationship with that place? In the end, it was because she had already thought of a way out.

"Then hurry up, Zhiyi, you stay home and clean up the empty space next to the vegetable garden in the backyard. Mom and I will go up the mountain to cut sugarcane."

Xie Zhiyi insisted on going with them.

Xie Jiaojiao said: "We are working together, and when the sugar cane is sold for money, I will buy you new clothes."

Only then did Xie Zhiyi agree to stay at home.

Xie Jiaojiao took Sun Ruhua up the mountain, and the mother and daughter talked and laughed all the way.

When they got there, Sun Ruha looked at the thing that looked like a corn stalk and a reed and asked, "Is this sugar cane?"

Xie Jiaojiao nodded, lowered her head to chop off a stick, peeled it, and handed half of it to Sun Ruhua: "Mom, taste it, just chew until the water comes out, and spit out the rest."

Sun Ruhua took two bites and said, "Oh my god, why is it so sweet?"

Xie Jiaojiao smiled and said, "The brown sugar made from this is even tastier than the brown sugar sold in town."

Sun Ruhua was very surprised: "I didn't expect that there is such a thing on our mountain."

If Xie Jiaojiao hadn't known that this was sugarcane, when they saw it on the mountain, they would have thought it was just a thicker reed!

"Maybe someone passed by and threw a piece of it here. This thing can grow very fast, and one piece can grow a lot."

"Girl, how do you know so much?"

"Mom, didn't I tell you? When I hit my head, there were a lot of extra things in my mind."

Sun Ruhua did not ask any further questions. After all, she was her daughter. Sun Ruhua was reluctant to let her eat more, fearing that she would waste such a good thing.

Put the rest aside and start working.

Xie Jiaojiao looked at the large field of sugarcane and thought that it was all money, so she worked extra hard.

Seeing that they had chopped almost half of the trees, Xie Jiaojiao called out to Sun Ruhua, "Mom, stop chopping. Let's take this thing back first, otherwise we may not be able to move all the trees today."

Sun Ruhua felt that what Xie Jiaojiao said made sense, so she quickly grabbed the grass nearby and made a few straw ropes to tie the things together. She tied the things she had cut into bundles, about ten in total.

Xie Jiaojiao felt pain in her shoulders when she thought about having to transport so many things back and forth.

But there is no way, if you want to make money, you have to work hard, right?

Carrying a bundle, she and Sun Ruhua walked down the mountain. Along the way, Xie Jiaojiao was worried about meeting villagers or something like that, but fortunately, they didn't meet anyone.

As they were almost home, Xie Jiaojiao was sweating profusely from exhaustion, and Sun Ruhua was almost the same. After all, they were getting old, and their health was not as good as when they were young.

The two of them carried the sugarcane home, and Xie Zhiyi had already cleaned up the backyard.

Xie Jiaojiao breathed a sigh of relief after putting down the sugarcane. Thinking that there were still so many sugarcanes on the mountain, she felt tired.

Xie Zhiyi used a bowl to serve each of them a bowl of hot water.

"Mom, sister, drink some water."

Xie Jiaojiao drank the water and felt that some of her strength had returned.

Sun Ruhua was also panting with fatigue.

Xie Jiaojiao smiled and said, "It's really not easy to earn this money!"

Sun Ruhua panted and said, "It's not easy to make money!"

The two mothers and daughters looked at each other and smiled.

In the next few days, Xie Jiaojiao and Sun Ruhua were busy moving all the sugarcanes back.

Sun Ruhua was worried at first and wanted to take them all back at once to prevent them from getting spoiled if left in the yard.

Xie Jiaojiao dispelled her worries with one sentence: "Mom, sugarcane looks strange, with a layer of skin on the outside and nodes on each section. It won't go bad even if it is stored for a long time."

Only then did Sun Ruhua feel relieved.

When all the sugarcanes were harvested, there was a huge pile in the backyard.

Sun Ruhua was in a dilemma again: "There are so many! How can I make brown sugar out of this?"

Xie Jiaojiao smiled and said, "Don't worry, Mom, I have a way!"

After moving the sugarcane back, Xie Jiaojiao rested at home for several days and felt that the skin on her shoulders had fallen off.

Sun Ruhua was actually also tired, but because she was used to doing farm work all her life, she recovered quickly.

Carrying clothes to the river to wash, people on the road looked at Sun Ruhua with sympathy on their faces.

Mrs. Wang saw her from a distance and waved at her.

Sun Ruhua carried the basin over and muttered, "Why do the villagers all have such expressions when they see me today?"

Mrs. Wang smiled and said, "You have suffered such a great injustice, everyone is sympathizing with you."

Sun Ruhua frowned: "What injustice have I suffered?"

Mrs. Wang whispered, "It's because your eldest and second sons broke off their relationship."

She has been spreading the word about this matter in the village these days!

Sun Ruhua has been busy with sugarcane these days and has no time to think about these things. Now that she thinks back on it, she doesn't seem to be so sad anymore.

"It's all in the past. From now on, I will live a good life with Jiaojiao and Zhiyi. They are both filial and sensible. Our life will not be too bad in the future."

When Mrs. Wang heard her say this, she smiled and said, "It's good that you can think this way. Let's not think about those unhappy things. We are so old now, and half of our bodies are in the soil. It's useless to think so much!"

"That's right!"

Mrs. Wang changed the subject: "Are you used to living in that house during this period?"

"I'm used to it. There's nothing to get used to for farmers. I couldn't sleep in the first few days because I tossed and turned. But these few days, I fall asleep as soon as I hit the bed every day."

Mrs. Wang listened and laughed a few times.

"Just get used to it, just get used to it!"

The two of them were chatting and laughing while washing clothes.

On the other side, the people in the Xie family’s old house were not so happy.