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Mr. Cai greeted everyone, then hunched over again to pick two bright red strawberries, eating them with a smile on his face.

When Ye Changyan's fellow brothers and sisters-in-law heard that Master Cai had spoken, they all went to the strawberry field with great interest. They squatted down, picked the strawberries and put them directly into their mouths, just like a group of children who had not grown up.

Xing Wang ran to Ye Changyan with a big basket of strawberries, looking excited, with red strawberry juice at the corners of his mouth.

"Sir, look, I picked the most. These are for you and Mr. Master to eat."

Ye Changyan was a little surprised that Xing Wang could eat a whole basket of strawberries by himself. The child was so polite today. Ye Changyan took the basket with a smile, and saw Xing Wang happily running towards Dahu and took another basket from Dahu.

It seems that Xingwang not only likes eating strawberries, but also enjoys the process of picking strawberries.

Ye Changyan waved to Erhu who was not far away. Erhu handed the clothes he was holding for the children to Dahu and ran quickly to Ye Changyan.

"Erhu, take this basket of strawberries back to your yard. There is an auntie who is taking a rest there. Let her have a taste. Then give some to your grandmother and your mother as well."

Erhu happily took the basket and ran out of the greenhouse.

Ye Changyan had just handed the basket to Erhu when he turned around and heard Liang Jingcheng exclaiming at him with a strawberry in his hand.

"Chang Yan! Look, is this strawberry I picked big?"

Ye Changyan walked towards Liang Jingcheng. From a distance he could see that the strawberry in his hand was indeed very large and bright red, looking very tempting.

Ye Changyan came up to Liang Jingcheng, took the strawberry from his hand, turned it over and over in a pretending manner, and then, in front of Liang Jingcheng's delighted eyes, he stuffed the strawberry, which was as big as an egg, into his mouth.

Ye Changyan saw that Liang Jingcheng's eyes were filled with joy one second, and sudden surprise the next. Seeing Ye Changyan's actions, Liang Jingcheng hurriedly reached out to grab it.

But Liang Jingcheng was half a beat slow after all. He saw that Ye Changyan had already bitten off the upper half of the strawberry, leaving half of the strawberry in Ye Changyan's hand. However, Ye Changyan shook the half of the strawberry in front of Liang Jingcheng with a hateful look on his face, showing off in a provocative manner.

But what Ye Changyan never expected was that Liang Jingcheng actually grabbed Ye Changyan's hand holding the half strawberry butt, then put his mouth close to it and took the remaining half of the strawberry along with Ye Changyan's finger into his mouth.

Ye Changyan reacted and hastily pulled his finger back. He looked around like a thief. Fortunately, everyone was busy picking strawberries and no one was looking over here.

Ye Changyan didn't know why he suddenly felt relieved, but he saw Liang Jingcheng raising his eyebrows at him provocatively while chewing half a strawberry in his mouth.

"You'll steal my strawberries!"

"Brother, I don't dare anymore!"

Then the two of them started to argue with each other. They took a basket from Dahu and insisted on getting together to grab the biggest strawberry.

When Mr. Cai saw his disciples and grandchildren happily picking strawberries, he felt warm in his heart.

After so many people walked around the strawberry field for a few rounds, most of the ripe strawberries were picked by everyone, but no one deliberately destroyed the unripe fruits.

The children excitedly carried their trophies to the yard of the farm. Yang Lin's wife Xue Niang fetched two large buckets of water. Ma and He took the children to wash strawberries, while Ye Changyan and several senior brothers, led by Yang Lin, went to check the fruits and vegetables grown in other greenhouses.

"Wow, can we pick these eggplants now?"

"This cucumber is ripe too."

Zhu Yuchun and Ji Yunting were excited to see the abundant fruits and vegetables in the greenhouse.

"Gentlemen, the first batch of eggplants and cucumbers are ripe these days. I thought that the master and the young masters would come over, so I kept them for you to come and pick them fresh."

After hearing what Yang Lin said, Zhao Mubai made a suggestion.

"Let the children come over with baskets to pick the fruits. They live in the city and find the things in the fields new. It's a rare opportunity for us to come out together, so let the children experience more."

Everyone agreed with Zhao Mubai's words, but Wang Xinkuan reached out, picked a cucumber and put it directly into his mouth.

"Mmm, crunchy, tender and sweet, delicious!"

Seeing Wang Xinkuan's actions, Lu Ge'ang also reached out and picked one. Seeing this, a group of big men picked a cucumber and started to eat it with a smile. Liang Jingcheng also picked two and handed one to Ye Changyan.

The group then wandered over to the greenhouse where the watermelons were grown and saw that the vines were already blooming.

"What is this vine with small yellow flowers? Some of the flowers appear to have gourds growing underneath them."

Most of Ye Changyan's senior brothers came from wealthy families and didn't know much about crops in the fields, so they heard Lu Ge'ang ask with some curiosity.

"Fifth Young Master, this greenhouse and the greenhouse behind it are all planted with watermelons."

“Is this a watermelon!?”

Everyone was a little surprised and they all squatted down to check it out, very curious.

"This is a watermelon. This is the first time I've seen a watermelon seedling."

"Manager Yang, you just said that this greenhouse and the greenhouse behind it are all planted with watermelons?"

"That's right. The Seventh Young Master ordered that all of these newly built greenhouses be used to grow watermelons. After the watermelons are harvested, some greenhouses will be vacated to grow strawberries."

Several senior brothers turned their eyes to Ye Changyan, and then heard Wang Xinkuan speak.

"Jingcheng, Senior Brother offers ten gold ingots. Can I transfer your share to him?"

Zhu Yuchun, Zhao Mubai and Ji Yunting were a little uneasy. They looked at Wang Xinkuan in surprise, but saw Lu Ge'ang looking at Wang Xinkuan with contempt.

"Fourth brother, you are being a little shameless. Just now you said that my family is rich and powerful, but now you are asking for ten gold ingots and you want to snatch the share from the sixth brother. You might as well ask the teacher to give you his share!"

"You are just jealous because you can't eat the grapes!"

"Why should I be jealous? Did Lao Liu agree to your request? Humph!"

……

Ye Changyan really saw the ability of these two senior brothers to argue, and they started fighting again.

Just when Wang Xinkuan and Lu Ge'ang were fighting fiercely, Zhu Yuchun's wife Ma lifted the curtain of the greenhouse.

"Old Four, Old Five, how many years older are you two than Fu Bao? You're fighting here again. If the girl from the Tong family sees your childish appearance, she will probably turn around and get on the carriage and leave."

Ma's words immediately attracted everyone's attention, and everyone looked at her with some curiosity.

"Your second sister-in-law found her cousin and brought Miss Tong here. Now your second sister-in-law and her cousin are picking strawberries with Miss Tong in the strawberry field."