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"I think what my sister-in-law said is true," Ximei quickly interjected.

"We pick fresh peaches every day. We don't have to pick too many at once like in previous years to sell at the markets. To prevent them from rotting, many peaches are sold at a low price."

Lai Xi looked at Liu Siyu.

"Your small business has been divided into two stalls. Can Xiaocao and the others handle it?"

"Don't worry, I've added more staff. I'll put two baskets of fruit in front of the stall every day to increase the flow of people."

"The rest can be mashed and made into colorful rice dumplings. Anyway, there will definitely be no waste this year. As for the price, we can convert it into silver according to the wholesale price."

As soon as Liu Siyu finished speaking, Ximei exclaimed in surprise.

"Look at my head. Why didn't I think of the colorful rice dumplings? With this little business, none of the fruits will rot this year."

Then he said to Liu Siyu sincerely: "Sister-in-law, I know you have only been in this family for a short time and you don't have a sense of belonging yet. You like to figure out everything."

"I understand your principles, but you have to listen to me about using fruits to make colorful dumplings. The silver sold at the dock is considered public property, but you should stop talking about the money for the fruits used to make the colorful dumplings."

"You give us 6 cents per pound, and these fruits will be regarded as the family's investment in this business. I will make the decision on this matter."

After saying that, he looked at Tian Qingshan, "Dad, what do you think?"

Tian Qingshan, whose name was called, scratched his head and said, "Just make the decision. I will listen to you."

Seeing that Tian Qingshan had no objection, Ximei turned her gaze to Lai Fu and Lai Xi, and even Tian Danier gave them a questioning look.

Everyone agreed unanimously.

This made Liu Siyu feel a little embarrassed. The fruit-flavored dumplings would definitely be more popular. She was also thinking about making several thousand kilograms of dumplings and putting them in the ice cellar during the months when the fruits were ripe, so that she would not have to worry about colorful dumplings for the whole year.

This orchard is the hope of the whole family. Originally, she could earn 14 cents for one pound of glutinous rice balls without any effort. If she didn't pay a penny for the fruits, she would feel a little guilty.

After thinking for a while, he said, "How about this, the fruit-flavored colored dumplings will be 8 coins per pound. When the fruits are ripe, you can make as many as you can. I will buy as many as you can."

Several people looked at each other in surprise. A pound of colored dumplings cost two cents more, which made them quite flattered.

“Isn’t this a bit too much?”

Liu Siyu smiled and took Ximei's hand, "Sister-in-law, everyone wants to do the work of one person and get the money of two people, but you are the best. You are refusing even if I give you two cents more. Don't you regard me as a family member?"

Seeing that Liu Siyu was sincere, Ximei accepted the suggestion.

I immediately started wondering how much fruit the orchard harvests every year and how many dumplings can be made?

There are also many fruit trees planted in the back mountain. When the time comes, everyone in the village will pick the fruits together, and her family will be able to get a lot.

A smile immediately spread across her face. "I think my sister-in-law is a lucky star. Since she came to our house, good things have happened one after another."

Lai Fu and Tian Qingshan also nodded, agreeing with Ximei's words.

Lai Xi listened to his family's recognition of Liu Siyu, his eyes full of affection.

Even Tian Danier, who usually doesn't talk much, looked at Liu Siyu for a second longer.

When Liu Siyu walked into the orchard, she found that the ground was full of bluestone cellars, and only the stones in front of each fruit tree were relatively clean.

I finally understood why the Tian family was unwilling to turn the orchard into arable land even though they couldn't get enough food to eat.

With just a bluestone cellar, not to mention the lack of modern fertilizers, even if there were, it would not necessarily produce much crops.

Planting an orchard is probably the most helpless choice.

Because there were too many stones, high stone embankments were piled up around the area, but there are still many places where fruit trees are sparse.

It’s not that there are no seedlings to plant, but there is too little usable land in those places, and even if the fruit seedlings are picked, they may not grow.

However, the weeds are very tenacious and they squeeze out from the cracks in the rocks, so it takes a lot of time to clean them up every year.

Liu Siyu started to feel melancholy after pulling out the weeds for a while. The orchard was so large, and the weeds grew so fast one after another. Every year, at least one or two months were spent on the weeds in the orchard.

This time-consuming and labor-intensive method is too unreliable.

Suddenly I remembered that I had read on the Internet in my previous life that geese are good helpers in orchards. They eat grass and have big appetites. For such a large orchard, raising hundreds of them can not only help with weeding, but also generate some income at the end of the year.

He immediately suggested: "With such a large orchard, why not raise some geese?"

Everyone was stunned for a moment, then they all laughed.

Lai Xi said: "We have thought about this before. We raised a few chickens, but they were eventually taken away by eagles or eaten by weasels."

"Then you can raise geese. Geese are the natural enemies of weasels. When the goslings grow up, even eagles won't easily provoke them."

Everyone's eyes lit up.

"Are you telling the truth?"

Liu Siyu nodded affirmatively. In her previous life, she had a relative who planted a large orchard in the suburbs. Geese were used to weed the orchard, and with the protection of the geese, there was no need to worry even if there were chicks.

"Weasels like to eat chickens, but their feet are very afraid of goose droppings. If they get stuck on their feet, they will rot. So weasels will never appear where there are geese."

Lai Xi stared at Liu Siyu excitedly, "How did you know?"

"Ah," Liu Siyu was embarrassed for a moment. How should she explain this?

After thinking about it, I had to attribute this achievement to my dead father.

"My father once told me that he used to work on a wealthy family's estate. That family used geese to weed. Not only did it save a lot of manpower, but the feces in the orchard also increased fertilizer. When the geese grew up, it would also be a source of income."

These words made everyone present excited.

"Then I'll go ask around tomorrow to see where I can buy some goose seedlings and try."

Tian Qingshan always pays special attention to small animals.

……

On the other side, Yao took Qingxue to the town. When they passed by Yingshan Village, they met Gao and her son Fang Mu who were also going to the market.

The two hit it off immediately and started traveling together.

Qingxue is a carefree person and didn't think much about the sudden appearance of two people around her.

Fang Mu on the side looked at Qingxue carefully, and the figure of Yucui unconsciously flashed through his mind, the little hot pepper whose personality was three-quarters similar to Liu Siyu.

But when he thought about what his mother said about those things not belonging to him and telling him not to have any wild thoughts, he guessed in his heart that the little hot pepper might have already been engaged.

Although the girl in front of him was not bad and his mother had done some persuasion on her last night, he still didn't like Yucui, the hot little girl.

I sighed inwardly, looked at my mother's expectant eyes, and tried hard to suppress the desire in my heart.

Now that I'm out today, I'm thinking of getting engaged as soon as possible so that I can feel at ease.

Although the two had never spoken to each other, they had met several times when the workshop was being built.

Thinking of this, Fang Mu took the initiative to greet Qingxue.

Seeing that her mother and the aunt across the street got along very well, Xu Qingxue also greeted Fang Mu politely.

They strolled around the town together, and Gao was very fond of Qingxue's simple personality.

Then he said with a smile: "Aunt, it's rare that we get along so well today. It's almost noon, why don't I treat you and your daughter to a bowl of wontons."

Qingxue felt that something was wrong, but Yao unexpectedly agreed.

"I also think we get along very well. Thank you, auntie."