The eldest sister-in-law became rich by farming in the mountains

As soon as Mrs. Zhou entered the yard, she saw her son and daughter-in-law carrying hoes and preparing to go out. Now that the rice and beans had been harvested, it was time to leave the fields fallow and tidy up so that they could plant vegetables and wheat later.

"Put everything down first. I have something to tell you. Where's your father?"

The two brothers saw her happy face and guessed that it was a good thing. Zheng Wen replied, "Dad said he went to visit his uncles. He has been out for a while and I think he will be back soon."

As soon as she finished speaking, she heard her husband coughing not far away. Mrs. Zhou turned around and greeted him, her face full of worry: "He was fine before, what happened?"

Village Chief Zheng chuckled and said, "I drank some wind and choked."

Mrs. Zhou was relieved and smiled happily: "Master, there is a big happy event!"

After a moment, the Zheng family was in an uproar.

Zheng Wen's eyes widened. "Mom, even pigs wouldn't eat those ghost steamed buns. Does Xu really want to buy them from us for two cents per pound?"

"What? Can I still lie to you?"

Zheng Wen hurriedly shook his head: "That's not possible."

The whole family knew his mother's character. She always kept her word and never said empty words or lies.

Zheng Wu asked, "There are a lot of ghost buns in the mountains. Will they accept as many as we pick?"

Mrs. Zhou hesitated for a moment and said, "I didn't mention cherries. They take up a lot of space. At most, we can only pick 10 to 20 kilograms a day. Let's not pick too many, or we won't get enough money."

The whole family nodded.

Zhao tentatively asked, "Could it be that the green jelly is made of ghost buns?"

Little Zhou had been pulling her sleeves as soon as she opened her mouth, but Zhao didn't appreciate her sister-in-law's good intentions. Sure enough, she was criticized the next moment.

"What do you care what they make? Cherry asked us for help, which means she owes us a favor, but we can't just climb up the ladder. Stop worrying about it. If you have the time, you might as well go into the mountains and collect more ghost buns."

Zhao looked embarrassed. She just asked casually, how could she really care about other people's livelihood.

Mrs. Zhou looked at the man who had not expressed his opinion and asked, "Master, why have you been silent? Are you dissatisfied?"

Although Village Chief Zheng did not speak, he could not hide the smile in his eyes. Hearing this, he said with a smile: "You old woman are quite mischievous. I am so happy that I can't help but be satisfied."

Their family was in relatively good condition in the village thanks to the accumulation of their ancestors, but they were just a farming family after all. Apart from selling grain and eggs, it was difficult for them to make any income on weekdays. The money that was lent to the second branch of the Xie family was the family fortune saved by his father's generation.

Although he had never expected the family to pay back the money, he was now suddenly happy to know that there was hope for repayment and that his family would have an additional source of income.

It's not that he doesn't have any regrets. Now that his family has a good livelihood, other old friends in the village still have to live a hard life. He feels really bad.

After being married for decades, Mrs. Zhou knew her husband very well. She comforted him, "Don't worry. I'll ask Yingtao some other day if she has other jobs. If there are, we'll recommend your brothers to her."

But she couldn't give up the opportunity right now. There were more than a dozen people in her family waiting for money. No matter how generous she was, she had to take care of herself first.

After announcing the happy event, the next step is to go to work in the fields.

When the family was carrying hoes and passing by Xie Daniu's house, they heard Chen crying at home from afar. They looked at each other and saw disgust and contempt on each other's faces.

Although their village was poor, every household worked together to live a good life. Unfortunately, there was a woman named Chen who was always making trouble all day long. People thought it was unlucky to pass by her house.

At the same time, brother and sister Xie Bai and Xie Li each carried a basket of stinking broom leaves back home.

Seeing a large bundle of firewood standing at the gate of the yard, the brother and sister were already used to it, and they carried the firewood into the yard without much difficulty.

Xu Yingtao heard the noise and went out to check. She was surprised and asked, "Where did this firewood come from?"

The brother and sister had thin arms and legs, and there was no way they could carry such a large bundle of firewood down the mountain.

Xie Bai hesitated for a moment, then sighed with a mature look, "It was probably sent by my uncle."

"Mostly?" Xu Yingtao was slightly startled and turned to look at Jiang.

Jiang fiddled with the hemp rope in her hand and nodded when she heard it: "I send it every three or two months, but I can't see him every time, and I can't go to his house to thank him. Your aunt will be angry if she knows."

Xu Yingtao seemed to be thinking about something, then smiled and said, "Please help me light a fire."

Jiang understood that this meant he was going to tinker with food again.

A quarter of an hour later, a strong and spicy aroma filled every corner of the house, carrying with it the domineering flavor of chili pepper and the mellow fragrance of rapeseed oil, stimulating the whole family to sneeze continuously.

Jiang was closer and felt the most choking, but she still couldn't help but sniff the strange and tempting fragrance.

Xie Li sneezed more than a dozen times, but was reluctant to leave the kitchen. His eyes were red from the sting, but he still stared at the stove.

On the stove, there is a bowl of red chili peppers that have just been poured with hot oil. They are bright red and have a spicy aroma.

Jiang was dragging the unburned firewood out of the stove and extinguishing it, while Xu Yingtao added a spoonful of vinegar to the bowl of chili oil. The hot oil instantly boiled when it met the water, and countless tiny bubbles appeared. With a "hissing" sound, the water and oil quickly blended, and the aroma became a little stronger.

Adding a little vinegar to the chili oil is also one of the secret recipes her grandmother taught her. This will make the chili oil more fragrant and have a richer taste.

The mother and daughter witnessed the whole process of her making this bowl of chili oil and were simply amazed.

Not only do you need to soak various spices before frying them, but you also need to add onions, ginger, garlic, and coriander until they are fried until they are golden brown and then take them out, leaving only the base oil that gathers endless aroma, and then pour it into the spicy noodles mixed with salt and sugar while it is still hot.

It can be said that the collision and fusion of more than a dozen spices can create this bowl of red oil chili.

Xu Yingtao took off her apron and said, "The red oil needs to be simmered for a day and a night before it will present its best color. But we can try it for dinner first. If it tastes good, we can introduce new products next time we go to the market."

The mother and daughter looked at her in surprise.

Launching new products means making money again!

Xie Bai was rubbing a hemp rope in the main room, and his lips curled up when he heard this.

In the afternoon, the whole family went out to harvest soybeans from the wasteland behind the house.

The wasteland was less than half an acre, but it was opened up by the whole family one hoe at a time, with Jiang's eldest son contributing the most.

Moved by the scene, Jiang was so sad that she didn't say a word since she went to the fields. She just worked silently. The brother and sister didn't say much either. They followed Xu Yingtao and their mother to put the bean stalks away and carry them back to their own yard.

Xu Yingtao naturally couldn't empathize with him, but she wouldn't say anything inappropriate. Besides, she was too tired to speak. She could only plan silently in her heart that when she had money to buy land in the future, she would have to pay someone to farm it!

To be honest, as someone who grew up in the countryside and studied agronomy in college, Xu Yingtao has a love-hate relationship with farming.

Anyone who has farmed knows how tiring it is!

Even when reading online novels, she doesn't like to read farming novels because she feels so tired for the characters in the novels.

Don’t you see that while picking chrysanthemums under the eastern fence, and leisurely seeing the southern mountains behind, there is the hard work of hoeing with sweat like rain and clothes stained with mud.

But the land is the most honest. You will reap what you sow. The land will never fool you. Farming can at most temper your body but will not torture your spirit. That is why the Chinese people want to return to the countryside when they encounter difficulties.

We were busy until the evening, and with the cooperation of the whole family, the bean harvesting work finally came to an end.

Next, you just need to dry the bean stalks in the sun for three to five days, and then you can use a flail to easily separate the beans from the pods.

Based on past experience, Xu Yingtao roughly estimated the bean yield and concluded that it would definitely not exceed 100 kilograms.

Really miserable!

The next morning, the family once again set out for the town in the morning light and mist.

This time, Xu Yingtao did not make much of either the green jelly or the ice jelly.

She knew very well that the business was good the previous two times because of Fengji and Gejiazhuang, and she might not be so lucky today.

However, the god of luck really favored her.

As soon as I arrived in the town, I saw a familiar figure standing next to the bun shop. It was the little boy who delivered money yesterday - the servant from Gejiazhuang.

Xu Yingtao's eyes suddenly lit up. Could it be that this boy was waiting for them?

The next moment, the servant who had been looking towards the intersection came running over, saying in a cheerful tone, "Finally I've been waiting for you guys."

Xu Yingtao's eyes curved with laughter: "But my daughter likes my jelly so much, why do you come to buy it?"

The servant took the initiative to help her push the cart, smiling: "Not only does the young lady like it, my old lady also likes it. Yesterday she praised me for my reliable work. The master has always been filial, so he sent me to buy it early this morning."

Thinking about the generosity of the Ge family, Xu Yingtao's smile became even more enthusiastic: "Then why don't you see the little brother carrying the food box?"

The servant said proudly: "Our master said, no matter how much jelly you have, we want it all!"

Xu Yingtao was so happy that she almost lost her mind. She immediately smiled and said, "Mr. Ge is really a filial son, kind and benevolent. It is a blessing for us common people to have Mr. Ge in Bailong Town. Brother Lao, please lead the way. We will deliver these jelly to him."

Since a big customer has taken over the order, we are of course obliged to deliver the goods to their door.

As for whether the Ge family could finish the food or not, that was none of her business.

The servant looked at her in surprise and said, "You are a very good talker, young lady."

She is obviously a country girl with simple appearance and rustic dress, but she speaks in a lot of different ways.

Xu Yingtao smiled but said nothing.

Compared to her calmness, the mother and her two companions walking behind her walked with more cheerful steps.

I thought business would be bad today, but I didn't expect such a good thing to happen.

When passing by Jishidiang, Xu Yingtao asked the servant to wait, and she quickly made two bowls of green jelly, poured sauce with chili oil on them, and brought them into the clinic herself.

Shopkeeper Luo stepped forward with a smile and said, "I thought the young lady was just being polite, but I didn't expect you to be so sincere."

Xu Yingtao put the bowl on the counter and bowed to Doctor Wen from a distance. Then she smiled and said, "Since I promised Shopkeeper Luo, I can't break my promise. Besides, the good business these past two days is all thanks to Doctor Wen."

After leaving the clinic, Xu Yingtao explained to the servant: "This is to fulfill the promise I made yesterday, don't blame me, little brother."

The servant waved his hand and said, "Just call me Ah Chang. Your brother just told me the reason. It's okay."

Xu Yingtao looked at Xie Bai approvingly and praised him generously: "Great."

Xie Bai couldn't help but blush, but his eyes became brighter.

Two miles is neither long nor short, but it is enough for the chatterbox to tell all the gossip in the village.

It turns out that although the Ge family is considered wealthy in Bailong Town, once they leave this world and enter the more prosperous county town, their wealth and status seem insignificant.

Water flows to low places and people go to high places. After living in a corner for a long time, Mr. Ge could no longer suppress his inner desire and developed the ambition to expand outward.

However, his own abilities and connections are limited, and his sons are not talented enough to be of great use. However, his youngest daughter, Baozhu, caught the eye of the county magistrate's wife when she attended a banquet last year. She praised the little girl for her blessed face, which made her like her very much.

The speaker may not have intended it, but the listener may have taken it to heart. Mr. Ge, who had been searching for a way out without any clue, suddenly had an epiphany. He thought that he could start with his daughter's marriage and then lead the Ge family to a higher level.

Therefore, Mr. Ge and his wife decided to spend a large sum of money to hire a nanny from the capital to teach their daughter the rules and etiquette, determined to turn this beautiful girl into a noble lady.

But the teaching nanny was an obstinate conservative who attached great importance to the old etiquette and rules. She had a set of strict standards for speech, behavior, and dress, and would not allow anyone to challenge her authority. Even in the scorching hot weather, she required Ge Baozhu to wrap herself tightly without exposing a single piece of skin.

Ge Baozhu had been raised like a star since she was a child, so she couldn't stand this kind of discipline. After repeated resistances failed, she turned to her grandmother and parents for help. However, the family had already reached a consensus and thought that she was just a child throwing a tantrum. They firmly believed that strict teachers produce good students, so they gave the nanny more power.

As a result, the nanny had no scruples when punishing Ge Baozhu. Yesterday, because the little girl sprained her ankle while walking with a bowl of water on her head, she was punished to kneel under the scorching sun for two hours.

It was noon, the time of the day when the temperature was the highest. In addition, Ge Baozhu was wrapped in three layers of clothes, so it was no surprise that she caught a heat stroke.

Only then did Mr. and Mrs. Ge realize how much injustice their daughter had suffered before. Filled with remorse, they immediately sent the nanny away.

Xu Yingtao felt so angry that she couldn't help but tighten her grip on the handlebars.

The psychopathic nanny is certainly hateful, but the parents who almost killed their daughter for their own selfish desires are even more hateful.

It would be unacceptable not to make a huge profit.

When they passed by a shady tree, Xu Yingtao asked the family to stop for a while. Achang thought she was tired and wanted to rest, so he didn't rush them.

But Xu Yingtao quickly washed her hands, made another bowl of green jelly, poured the sauce on it, and handed it to Achang with a smile: "Brother Achang, you haven't eaten my jelly yet, right? Try it?"

Achang subconsciously wanted to refuse, but when he saw the tempting and fragrant jelly in front of him, he stretched out his hand involuntarily.

It was not until he drank the last mouthful of soup without leaving a drop that Achang realized what he had done.

This was the food bought by the owner, but he ate it in advance. What a shame!

He handed the empty bowl back with a slightly embarrassed look on his face, and suddenly remembered that he had promised to return the bowl yesterday but didn't, and his expression became even more embarrassed.

Xu Yingtao pretended not to see it and smiled like a little fox: "Brother Achang, people say that people who eat people's food are grateful. Since you ate my jelly, can you do me a small favor?"