After becoming a top-notch peasant woman, she continues to be a top-notch

Mrs. Hu's family has a total of eight acres of land. It would be no problem for her three sons, three daughters-in-law and the two of them to cultivate eight acres of land and plant another eight acres of land. So when Mrs. Qiao Chen went to find her, she quickly agreed.

"Let my eldest and second oldest go together."

Mrs. Qiao Chen: "Okay, twenty cents a day, food not included."

Mrs. Hu: “No problem!”

The Hu family was very happy when they heard this. Although they were busy at home, they could earn twenty cents a day from farming.

In addition to Mrs. Hu's family, Village Chief Qiao Feng introduced two other families who both had fewer fields but could spare the time to help.

"Okay, then both of them."

With more manpower, it won't take so much time to cultivate 20 acres of land. Qiao Dashan and his family can also take a break occasionally. Otherwise, they don't know when they will finish their work. Besides, they still have to cut grass to feed pigs, cows, donkeys, etc., and they also need firewood.

The whole family lost weight because of the sowing. Zhen Yue would go to help occasionally, but she mainly stayed at home doing housework. Because everyone had worked hard, she also cooked delicious food for everyone every day.

The weather has warmed up recently, so Zhen Yue bought some honey and mung beans and made mung bean soup for everyone in the afternoon.

Except for the Qiao family, everyone else who helped could also have a bowl of the sweet tea. After drinking it, they all licked the bowl clean.

After drinking a bowl of mung bean soup, I felt much less tired.

Some people saw that the Qiao family was looking for people to help with farming, and they volunteered to come over. Qiao Dashan and Qiao Chenshi were reluctant to refuse, and in the end Zhen Yue stepped in and said that there were enough people and they would wait for next time.

After it was clear that the Qiao family no longer needed anyone, no one else came. They just thought that maybe the Qiao family would need them when the harvest came. Then they must sign up early.

Even Zhen Yang came over after hearing this and asked why they didn't ask her eldest brother and others. Zhen Yue directly refused, saying that her family also needed to sow seeds and the journey was too far.

As for Qian Jiang, she did not come, mainly because she only had one son in the family and she usually didn't let her son do much work. How could she let her son come this time?

While the Qiao family was busy sowing seeds, the county magistrate quickly reported the situation and took the curved plow directly to Shengjing.

The Qiao family didn't know that besides being busy with sowing seeds, the Qingming Festival was also approaching.

Qingtuan (green rice dumplings) are made when Qingming Festival comes. Zhen Yue went to the market with Qiao Chenshi and bought some ingredients for making Qingtuan (green rice dumplings). They also had to prepare for tomb sweeping, so they also had to buy things for tomb sweeping.

Qiao Chen also bought some willow branches and put them in her home. The custom in Danan Village is to put willow branches in the house, and on the Qingming Festival, they will be put in the hair.

The day before Qingming Festival, everyone stopped farming to prepare for the festival. Zhen Yue didn't know how to make Qingtuan, so she learned it by studying nearby.

We wrapped dozens of green dumplings and ate them that night. They all tasted delicious, with a scent of green grass.

Early in the morning of the Qingming Festival, Qiao Chen and her family got up, killed chickens, made glutinous rice, and boiled eggs. They also prepared some sacrificial items and asked Qiao Dashan to take the three brothers Qiao Chao to visit the graves.

After returning from tomb-sweeping, the whole family chopped up the chicken and prepared some other dishes, and the whole family ate until their mouths were full of oil.

Qiao Er said on the side: "I asked our ancestors to bless us to make more money this year."

Qian: "Safety is the most important thing. Have you asked our ancestors to bless us with safety?"

Qiao Er: "Of course there is. Our whole family must be safe. Otherwise, how can we make a lot of money and enjoy life?"

Everyone laughed when they heard this. It was true. Safety was the most important thing. Otherwise, you wouldn't be able to enjoy the money you made.

They had dinner a little early today, and it was still light when they returned to the room. Qiao Chao put paper and pen on the table. It was spring plowing season recently, and he had seen what the fields looked like, so he prepared to draw a picture of spring plowing.

Zhen Yue did not disturb him. She was teaching her adopted son to speak. After practicing for these days, little Achu had already learned to call mother, father, grandfather, grandmother, uncle and so on.

Zhen Yue also weaned him off the milk. He often cried at the beginning, and he would often snuggle into Zhen Yue's chest when Zhen Yue held him. But Zhen Yue was unmoved every time. If he cried too hard, she would hand the child to Qiao Chao or Qiao Chen and let them coax him. Otherwise, he would always cry because she couldn't get any milk when she held him.

Weaning is actually a bit embarrassing because the clothes will get wet. Mrs. Qiao Chen also privately told Zhen Yue to ask Qiao Chao for help. No matter how thick-skinned Zhen Yue was, she felt extremely embarrassed when she heard that she asked Qiao Chao for help.

There was no way she could ask Qiao Chao for help, but Qiao Chao also felt something was wrong when he slept next to her. He just occasionally felt that Zhen Yue had a stronger smell of milk, which had happened before but not as strong as before.

One day, he accidentally glanced at Zhen Yue's chest and then he realized what was going on. He was embarrassed and finally pretended that he knew nothing.

The well at home can be used now. Everyone tried it and found it very convenient. “No need to run to the stream to fetch water anymore.”

Zhen Yue thought that if there were things that needed to be preserved in the summer, they could be hoisted into the well for storage, or she could cook some mung bean soup in the hot summer and hang it in the well to cool it down, which would make it more delicious. It would be great if there were watermelons, too, and she could put them in there.

But...it seems that watermelon didn't exist in this dynasty.

The days passed by so busy that Qiao Chao finished his painting. When Qiao Chao put the painting on the table to dry, Zhen Yue passed by and asked, "Why don't you color it?"

The painting was very realistic and looked lifelike. It would definitely look better if it was colored. Although Zhen Yue didn't know much about painting, she thought it was very beautiful.

"The pigments are quite expensive." Some pigments are also medicinal herbs, such as cinnabar red.

Zhen Yue was stunned, thinking about the situation at home, and then looked at Qiao Chao's paintings. Paintings from ancient times to the present are indeed more expensive.

She nodded and said, "I understand." We still need to make more money.

Qiao Chao thought so too and still wanted to make more money.

After the spring ploughing, the family finally had some free time. The vegetables behind the house had grown again, so Qiao Er and Qian went to deliver the vegetables again. On the way, they met Young Master Zhou who asked them why they didn't deliver vegetables to the restaurant.

Qian replied at the time: "This vegetable seed has just been planted and has not grown well yet. This is what we planted before, and there is only a little bit. We have no choice but to let the Song Mansion take it. My eldest brother said that after the harvest, we will definitely send more to Zhou's Restaurant this year. You can take as much as you want."

Zhou Yan heard this and said, "It's settled then. I can have as much as I want then."

"Hey, thank you for your understanding, Master Zhou."

"Okay. You guys go first."

"Yes."

Qiao Chao took the painting to the bookstore again. This time, the painting was sold for twenty taels of silver, half of which came from the goodness of Qiao Chao's poem.

The shopkeeper was very happy. He sold the painting that Qiao Chao sent him last time for fifty taels of silver.

Qiao Chao returned home and gave the money to Zhen Yue. When he had nothing to do the next day, he wanted to go into the mountains again. He hadn't gone hunting for a long time.

Zhen Yue: "I'll go too." She hadn't been there for a long time. The last time she went there, she encountered a giant beast and was scared to death.