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The sun has not yet risen.

The first thing Xu Wenyan did today was to chop the watermelons into pieces and feed them to the small animals at home.

Chen Sanlin made a large wooden basin and put the watermelon into it after simply cutting it into pieces.

There used to be a broken shovel at home, so Xu Wenyan modified it and made it into a crescent shape and polished the front end.

You can then use this to chop the watermelon in the basin.

This thing also existed in my uncle's house in my previous life. I have used it twice. This is how we feed pigs at home.

However, ever since Xu Wenyan sued his uncle, his family has never let Xu Wenyan do any work.

Xu Wenyan chuckled and shook his head: "How could I be so naughty when I was a child?"

It was a bit of a relief when I started chopping. It was really fulfilling to slowly chop up large pieces of food.

But as I went on, my hands started to feel sore.

"Brother Chen, save me~"

Hearing the voice, Chen Sanlin stepped in, looked at Xu Wenyan with an aggrieved look and smiled: "Let me do it."

"I'll go and bring these over."

Xu Wenyan picked up the wooden barrel and poured it into the trough beside him. This was a little bit of watermelon that he had brought back yesterday. He had to go back to work in the fields soon.

This time he called Xiaohu, Zhou Jianye and several other men in the village, and those men all volunteered to help with the work.

They are all people who work in Xu Wenyan's factory, and they have earned more than one or two yuan from Xu Wenyan.

The villagers were very grateful to Xu Wenyan for taking care of them.

Xu Wenyan had saved enough seeds for growing seedlings, so these watermelons were of no use. Except for dozens of watermelons in the No. 2 melon field, Xu Wenyan gave those watermelons to the people who came to help today.

I haven't done farm work for a long time. After an hour, Xu Wenyan just felt sore in his back.

After harvesting all the watermelons and vines in the watermelon field, the big water buffalo at home was put to use again.

In fact, Chen Sanlin has been making a ox cart these days, but it is not finished yet. If you need to transport something at home, it is much more convenient to use a buffalo than an old mule.

The land will be plowed today, and the seeds will be dried for a few days before Xu Wenyan can start breeding.

We will be able to harvest the second crop next summer, and then the watermelons will be available for sale in the fall of next year.

The peppers in the field can be picked, most of them have turned red. Xu Wenyan has to clear out the land and plant radishes and cabbages.

There were many people in the family, and each of them carried a small backpack and went to the pepper field.

Xu Wenyan planted more than ten acres of peppers, and at a glance, they were all densely packed with red peppers.

The chili factory will be operational in a few days.

These two days, Xu Wenyan first harvested all the peppers, and then dried the peppers in the pepper factory.

These peppers will come in handy in winter.

The factory will temporarily produce dried chili peppers and chili powder.

There are people in the village who know how to make stone mills. Xu Wenyan’s factory has already made five of them because he couldn’t find large-scale stones.

There is only one big stone mill in the factory, and the rest are all small and have to be pulled by manpower.

The big stone mill allows the old mule and the buffalo to take turns grinding.

By the time the vacant land was planted with crops, more than a week had passed.

Xu Wenyan estimated that it was time to go to the county, as the new tables in the store were probably ready.

Another thing is that it’s time to put this month’s profits aside.

I only have a little over a hundred taels in my hand now, and I always feel uneasy.

This month we employed fewer people, so naturally the wages we paid were also lower.

"Brother Xu, it's been a long time since I went to the county with you guys." Li Dezhu was carrying an iron bucket filled with milk and talking to the two of them.

“Has anything happened in the county recently?”

After moving all the things onto the carriage, Li Dezhu started driving while thinking about Xu Wenyan's question.

After spending a long time with Xiaohong, he has now learned how to ride a horse, but only horses like Xiaohong that have a good temper.

"Yes, it is. Recently, Xiaoliu and Accountant Zheng have been talking about Zhang's tobacco shop.

I heard that Zhang's tobacco business was so popular that many stores in the county lost money."

Xu Wenyan was also wondering why Li Dezhu only transported three barrels of goat milk today.

The drinks they sell are expensive to begin with, and since the rich people all go to buy tobacco, their purchasing power naturally decreases.

The only constant customers turned out to be the rich ladies and wives.

They don't smoke and like to sit in the store when they have nothing to do.

Because of Xu Wenyan’s decoration requirements, there are only nine tables in the store now.

However, each table was made into a separate private room, and there were several pots of flowers in each room, with pyrethrum interspersed between each pot of flowers.

This way, there will be no need to use plants to increase the number of mosquitoes in the store.

Each private room can only seat six people, which is suitable for small gatherings, especially in ancient times when there was not much to do.

It's quite interesting to have a drink and chat in a private room.

Afterwards, they could have hotpot in the private room. Xu Wenyan seemed to be able to hear the sound of silver colliding.

"Is that so?" Xu Wenyan held his chin. He knew that tobacco should be popular.

But I didn't expect it to be so fast.

But Xu Wenyan was not very anxious.

After all, we are not in the same race. You can't skip meals just to smoke.

Moreover, Xu Wenyan has recently been researching what to use to make a deck of playing cards and mahjong.

Mahjong can be made of wood, which tests the carpenter's skills.

Chen Sanlin tried to do it and he was able to do it, but his efficiency was too slow. After all, Chen Sanlin was not a professional carpenter, but a hunter.

Wait until you come to the store again.

Only then did Xu Wenyan see how big the changes were inside, and he was worthy of being invited by Jia Anqing.

There is a counter on the right side of the entrance. There are two corridors in the building, with three private rooms on the left, middle and right sides.

Each of them adopts elements of orchid, plum and chrysanthemum.

As for bamboo, the counter has now been replaced with one made of golden bamboo, which symbolizes wealth.

The space in the kitchen has not been moved.

As for the small courtyard, it was well taken care of by Wang Cuijuan and a few other farming experts.

But he has to buy this restaurant as soon as possible.

I had specifically asked about it before, and the price was set at one thousand two hundred taels.

Xu Wenyan had told Fang Yazi that they would buy it in three months. Now it’s almost been a month, and he will ask Zheng Liwei about his income this month.