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

"Is everything going well?" Village Chief Zheng's voice was full of concern.

Xu Yingtao smiled and nodded: "We have reached a cooperation agreement with two big restaurants in the county. In three days, we will have to deliver goods to the county every day."

Village Chief Zheng was very pleased: "I knew you could do it. I'll leave this job to your uncle Wen in the future. You don't have to worry about it."

As he said this, he took the reins from his eldest son and raised his hand to touch the mule's head.

Zheng Wen laughed: "Dad, this mule is very energetic. Yingtao even specially ordered people to feed it the best hay this afternoon. He takes better care of it than anyone else."

Others may not know, but he knows it better than anyone else.

Ever since the mule came to their family, his father personally wipes its body, smoothes its fur, and feeds it fodder every day, never asking anyone else to do it. He takes better care of it than raising a child.

He even suspected that his father came specifically to pick up the mule instead of worrying about them.

Village Chief Zheng was amused when he heard this and nodded: "Cherry is still reliable."

Mrs. Zhou said, "We can talk tomorrow if we have anything to say. The children must be tired after running around outside all day. Let's go home and eat first."

Zhao continued, "Mom, we're not hungry. Yingtao bought us roast chicken on the way. We couldn't finish it. There are still three left in the car."

When Chen arrived, she just heard this and was so shocked that she smacked her lips.

She knew that it would be the right thing to let her son hang out with Xu Yingtao!

After sending Xu Yingtao and her family off, they unloaded everything from the car. The Zheng family was about to leave with the mule, but were stopped by Xu Yingtao.

"Grandpa, grandma, please take these two boxes of snacks back and try them." Xu Yingtao took two boxes from the pile of snacks.

Before the old couple could refuse, Xu Yingtao picked up a roast chicken wrapped in oil paper, put it on the snack box, and handed it out together.

"I can't refuse. We have a small family and I buy a lot. If I can't finish it, it will go bad."

Mrs. Zhou had no choice but to take it with a smile.

Chen was secretly envious standing aside. Although she tried hard to control her gaze, she couldn't help but occasionally look towards the pile of snacks.

She didn't dare to ask for the same treatment as the Zheng family, but at least she should have a box of snacks, right?

In the end, Chen got what she wanted and received a box of dim sum and a roast chicken.

Her face was full of smiles, and she kept saying nice things as if they were free. The Zheng family members rolled their eyes when they heard her.

After seeing off the two families, Xu Yingtao and her three daughters moved all their belongings into the main room. Then, Jiang went to the kitchen to boil some hot water for her to take a bath.

Looking at Xie Li who had been following her like a shadow since they met last time, Xu Yingtao raised her hand and pinched the little girl's cheek, smiling and saying, "We haven't seen each other for just one day, and you're already so clingy?"

Xie Li hugged her arm and shook it: "I just miss my sister-in-law!"

Xie Bai brought a basin of clean water at the right time: "Sister-in-law, wash your hands first."

After washing her hands, Xu Yingtao gave all the snacks, candies, and roast chicken to Xie Li: "Take them and share them with your brother, and leave some for mother."

Xie Li cheered and took it with joy.

Then, Xu Yingtao took out three more books from the package and handed them to Xie Bai, who was standing beside her. "These are for you. Although none of us can read, you have a good memory. Write down how to write them first. I'll find a teacher for you next year, and you can learn how to read them later. It won't be a delay."

Xie Bai's hands were shaking when he took the book.

When Jiang came out of the kitchen, she saw Xie Bai holding three books, with tears in his eyes.

"Cherry, this book is not cheap, right?" Jiang felt very distressed.

It’s not that I feel sorry for my son, but I feel sorry for Shugui.

They had previously asked at the bookstore in the town, and the price for just one copy of the Mongolian book was three taels of silver.

At that time, Xu Yingtao wanted to buy it for Xie Bai, but she stopped him and refused.

Xu Yingtao smiled and said, "It's much cheaper in the county, less than three copies and eight taels of silver."

Jiang suddenly felt that it was indeed much cheaper.

But soon she was shocked by her own thoughts.

It was obvious that a month ago, it would have been difficult for her to come up with eight copper coins, let alone eight taels.

Seeing her dazed look, Xu Yingtao took out a small brocade box from her small shoulder bag and waved it in front of her: "Mom, take a look at this, do you like it?"

Jiang came back to her senses and took the small and exquisite brocade box with trembling hands. Her fingertips gently stroked the patterns on the box, her heart full of amazement.

Then she opened the brocade box and her eyes widened instantly.

so beautiful!

It turned out to be a silver hairpin with a lotus pattern.

The hairpin is slender and made of warm silver. A lifelike lotus flower blooms at the tip of the hairpin, with layered petals that are incredibly beautiful.

Jiang lived for more than thirty years, and never had any jewelry except wooden hairpins and cloth towels.

Faced with this sudden gift, she was a little at a loss, fearing that her roughness would tarnish this exquisiteness.

"I'll put it on my mother."

Jiang hurriedly shook her head: "No, no need, this hairpin is for you to wear." As she said this, she was about to close the brocade box.

Xu Yingtao teased her deliberately: "That won't work. The owner of the jewelry store specifically said that this style is most suitable for women of your age. If I wear it, I will be laughed at."

Jiang heard this and was full of doubt: "There is such a saying?"

Then, she couldn't help but ask, "So, how much did this hairpin cost?"

Xu Yingtao smiled and said, "It's not as expensive as Xiaobai's book. This is the remaining money from today, please keep it." She took out a heavy purse from her bag and handed it over.

Jiang took the purse and was shocked by the amount of money in it.

"So heavy!"

In the purse, there are fifty taels of silver.

This is only half of what's left after Xu Yingtao's big shopping spree today.

When the family learned about the order volumes from the two restaurants in the county, they were delighted.

Xu Yingtao asked her, "Mom, if you can't grind the marinade by yourself, let's ask Dongni to help. I think she is hardworking and honest, and she is reliable."

Jiang shook her head: "It's nothing that I can't handle. I can handle it even if the workload is multiplied several times. Besides, I have Ah Li to help me."

Xu Yingtao knew that she was afraid of leaking the recipe, so she had no choice but to let her go.

There were too many happy things today, and Jiang was a little excited until she closed her eyes. After closing her eyes, she always felt that she had forgotten something, but she couldn't remember it for a while, and soon fell into a deep sleep.

The next morning, after preparing the jelly needed by the jelly group, Xu Yingtao took another nap.

After she had slept thoroughly and felt completely refreshed, she slowly got up and drank two large bowls of millet and pumpkin porridge. The porridge was cooked thickly, and she drank two large bowls of it with her own pickled cucumbers.

Seeing that she was about to go out, Jiang didn't ask any questions, but just told her not to get hurt and to come back early for lunch.

Xu Yingtao agreed.

As soon as he went out, he saw Xie Bai squatting on the ground, holding a book in one hand and a wooden stick in the other, tracing the words on the ground according to the pages of the book. He was so focused that Xu Yingtao did not disturb him.

She went into the village, firstly to inform Feng Xing of the specific time to start work, and secondly because some people in the village had started to plant wheat, and she wanted to tell everyone how to apply fertilizer.