Splendid Twins

Chapter 168 Canned Fruit

Finally, the five people were rearranged. Xiao Huzi led No. 1, 2, and 3 to work at the oil factory, and Xiao Shitou took care of the remaining two people. They picked a lot of fruits in the afternoon. Si Yao saw the grapes and thought about making some wine to try.

Liu Niang and Hong Ying prepared dinner. At the table, Si Yao said:

"Mom and Dad, should we adopt Xiaoya?"

After these words came out, several people looked at Si Yao, and Liu Niang was the first to speak with a smile:

"Mom, it's okay. Your dad agrees too. Yaoyao, you can make the decision."

Si Lao Er: “…”, he, the head of the family, is just a decoration.

To adopt Xiao Ya, one has to move her household registration. She was originally registered under Wang Dahu's name, but now that Wang Dahu is gone, her household registration is left alone. Xiao Huzi and Xiao Shitou will be busy next, and Hongying has to go back to Hexianglou. It's not safe to leave the little girl alone in the town, so she might as well keep her under his watchful eyes.

"Xiaoya, do you agree?"

Of course Xiao Ya agreed. She had long regarded her aunt's family as her own. Now that it was out in the open, Xiao Ya's eyes instantly turned red:

"I...will, sister, I..."

Seeing that she was about to cry, Si Yao quickly picked up a piece of meat with chopsticks and put it in her bowl:

"If you want, eat more and grow up quickly so you can work."

Si Yao was joking, and Liu Niang deliberately followed suit:

"That's right, grow up quickly and help mom with work."

Liu Niang was happy and changed her name immediately. She really liked Xiaoya, who was so soft and sweet. Thinking of this, she couldn't help feeling a little disappointed. Yaoyao wasn't very close to her anymore...

Suddenly, there was a piece of meat in the bowl in front of me, and I looked up to see Yaoyao's smiling face:

"Mom, please eat more."

"Oh, okay, you eat too."

Liu Niang lowered her head and smiled. Her daughter was still thinking about her. It was her old habit again. She thought too much...

After dinner, it was still light outside. Si Yao walked out with a basket of fruit:

"Mom and Dad, I'm going to the village chief's house to register Xiaoya tomorrow."

"Okay, come back soon."

The villagers had also finished their meals and came out to enjoy the cool air. Some old ladies and aunties were sitting under the big tree. Not far away, children were running around playing hide-and-seek. Si Yao's status in the village was second only to the village chief. When they saw her coming, they spoke one by one:

"Has Miss Yao eaten yet?"

"Where are you going girl?"

"This girl is getting prettier and prettier. I wonder which boy will get her..."

"Girl Yao is capable, she has no shortage of good men..."

Si Yao didn't get angry when she heard these words. When old ladies in the countryside sit together, they always talk about which daughter married well, and which daughter-in-law is lazy and greedy...

Without changing his expression, he came over and chuckled:

"What are the aunts talking about so excitedly?"

Aunt Guihua, Aunt Huang, and Aunt Liu were all there, and they smiled and said:

"Speaking of our oil mill, we squeezed out a pot of peanut oil today. It looks really good."

Aunt Huang had sharp eyes. She quickly looked away when she saw the fruit sticking out of the basket. She used to love taking advantage of others, but now she has changed that bad habit. It was all because of poverty. She couldn't even have enough money throughout the year. A man has to support a whole family. What did a woman like her need fame for? Living a full life was the real thing.

Now, she has made a lot of money with the recipe of five-spice melon seeds. She has renovated her house, married off her youngest son, and there is a vegetable shed in the village, and now there is an oil factory. It's a good life now, all thanks to Yao girl.

With the oil refinery, all the men in the village who had gone out to work came back, and they were all very energetic. They no longer had to go out to beg for a job, earning little money and working themselves to death.

"This is a good thing. The oil we squeeze ourselves must be fragrant."

Si Yao had a smile on her face. She actually quite liked chatting with some old ladies.

"Who said it wasn't? I didn't know peanuts could be used to make oil. Today, the village chief fried a plate of celery, and it tasted very good."

"The village chief said that people from our village can get a lower price."

"Girl, what are you talking about?"

An old lady nearby spoke curiously, but her eyesight was not very good, so she could only ask.

"It's peaches. Aunts, please try some. That's what I was going to say."

Si Yao lifted the cloth covering the basket, took out a few peaches with excellent color, and took out a fruit knife. After a few quick operations, the peaches were cut into small pieces of even size, and each aunt got a piece.

The aunts were not polite after receiving it. They took a bite and said in surprise: "This... girl, this peach is very crisp."

"Wow, I've never tasted anything so sweet..."

“It smells nice and tastes crispy and sweet…”

Si Yao thought how could it not be crispy? The saplings exchanged through the space system were all trees with spiritual energy, it would be strange if they were not sweet.

"It's like this. I have a lot of fruit trees planted on the mountain. I'm planning to do some small business. Now that I have some free time, I was thinking if the aunties in our village would like to do part-time work and help me pick fruit. I'll pay them."

After he finished speaking, everyone was shocked but then looked happy. They were not the kind of people who didn't know what was good for them.

"Girl, you have helped our village so much. Your fruits are nothing. We will pick them for you."

"That's right. You've been nice to us, and we're not ungrateful. How can we take your money every time?"

"Speaking of which, my family almost couldn't buy grain seeds before the New Year, and we had to use the money we earned from planting trees for you to buy them. Girl, give your aunt a chance to do a good deed."

Si Yao felt warm at heart looking at these aunts who were usually fierce and rude. She liked such people who knew how to repay kindness. It was not easy to travel through time, and she just wanted to do something for the people here.

They are so cute now, I am happy to be a sucker.

"That's not something I can finish in a day or two. I'm going to make some fruit and food, and there are a lot of people who need it. I can't treat our own people badly."

Si Yao said this beautifully, and the old ladies and aunts present felt very comfortable. Look at this girl, she is pretty and speaks nicely.

In the past few days, people from other villages have already moved in, but their land deeds are marked on the outskirts of Sijia Village. If more people want to settle down, they can only expand outward, which is equivalent to enclosing all the people of Sijia Village inside.

If Si Yao is planning to do something big, she cannot just rely on personal connections to maintain the relationship. She needs to paint a big picture and give benefits, as these are the keys to maintaining a long-term relationship.

"When the time comes and I'm comfortable with the job, I'll pick a few aunts to take charge. I hope everyone will participate enthusiastically."

"Really?"

"Then I have to behave well."

"Don't worry, girl. Auntie won't embarrass you."

Now that it has come to this, who can't hear the hidden meaning? It is obvious that Yao girl wants to train manpower, because outsiders cannot be used as reliably as people from the village.

"Okay, you aunties, just chat while I go to the village chief's house."

Si Yao left with the basket. The aunts were so happy that they couldn't stop smiling. They kept gossiping and went home to sleep so that they could have enough energy to work for Yao girl.

Si Yao stayed at the village chief's house for a while and then came out. She told the village chief about Xiao Ya, and the village chief agreed immediately. He also said that he wanted to hire someone to prepare fruits and food. This was like timely help for the village chief!

People from other villages who moved into the village were all envious and wanted to work in the oil factory, but there were too many wolves and too little meat. In the past few days, those old guys had been talking to him and trying to get him to arrange a few work stations for them.

With Yao girl recruiting workers, is he still worried that there are too many people and nowhere to go?

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