The peasant woman quickly calculated that the entire village had been preparing for a mass exodus th

Zhao Taohua asked in surprise, "Huh? Doesn't it look good?"

Mingming, just now when she was holding it up to herself, her mother said it looked good?

Upon hearing this, Madam Qian immediately snapped out of her daze, stepped forward, her eyes filled with love and joy. She took Zhao Taohua's hand, examined her closely, and said with a smile:

“My Peach Blossom looks so beautiful in her new clothes; she has truly grown up.”

In the past, Zhao Taohua always wore faded, worn-out clothes that hung loosely on her body, which concealed her charm.

Now, this bright light pink dress makes her look radiant, and her temperament is completely renewed, giving her a gentle and graceful air, like a girl from Qingshui Town.

At this moment, Madam Qian realized that her daughter Taohua had truly grown up and was about to reach marriageable age!

The menstrual essence agreed: "Miss Zhao looks slender in this outfit, but she's a bit flat-chested. If she takes another year to recover, she should become more feminine."

"When the time comes, I'll make clothes for Miss Zhao, guaranteeing to showcase all her best features, captivating her husband and making him unable to look away!"

Zhao Taohua glanced at the woman, who was only fourteen years old. What did she know about husbands?

But people in ancient times got married at the age of fifteen. It's really worrying; next year, the matchmaker will be running to her house.

The durian spirit blinked its bright, sparkling eyes and clapped its hands in praise:

"With looks like Sister Zhao, she's exceptionally beautiful, not just in Zhao Family Village, but even in Qingshui Town!"

Zhao Taohua blushed as she was praised by her small mouth.

However, as the saying goes, clothes make the man, and she herself felt that this dress perfectly outlined her slender figure, highlighting the blossoming shape of a young girl, and making her youthful face exceptionally beautiful.

Just then, Zhao Ershu rushed back: "Something's wrong! The herbs in the field are no good!"

The village chief and Grandpa Xiangping said it was due to pests; the herbs were infested with perilla leafminer, aphids, bollworms, and spider mites. They told everyone to catch them one by one to see if they could save the herbs.

Madam Qian was shocked: "Arrest them? How can we arrest them all? We have ten acres of land to cultivate!"

Even if we didn't eat or drink, and didn't sleep or stay up all night, we still couldn't catch them all!

They might even finish catching them, only to find that the remaining herbs have already been eaten by pests!

"Who says otherwise? Some of those pests are as small as sesame seeds. How are we supposed to catch them?"

Zhao Ershu was extremely worried, but he couldn't ignore the herbs in the field, so he could only go home and call Hongyan, Taohua, and Durian Spirit to go to the field to catch the insects.

When Zhao Taohua heard Zhao Ershu say there were bugs in the field, she immediately thought of the snail spirit, which was very effective at killing insects.

However, when she heard Zhao Ershu say that there were many pests in the field, she felt a little uneasy.

Ten acres of land is nothing compared to a yard that's only a tiny bit bigger.

Can it do that?

Zhao Taohua looked at the snail spirit on the bean trellis in the yard and saw it excitedly shaking its antennae.

The four antennae swayed in four different directions.

Zhao Taohua was taken aback at first, then realized: Was it excited?

She took the snail spirit with her, then turned to Zhao Ershu and Qian Shi and said, "Father, Mother, let's go!"

Durian spirits are coming along too.

The woman was staying home to embroider handkerchiefs. September 26th was the agreed delivery date with Madam He, so she had to stay home and work on her embroidery.

……

The medicinal herb field is now teeming with people, just like when everyone was clearing the land. However, now everyone is catching insects.

Everyone caught one and pinched it to death with their fingernails on their index fingers; adults and children alike pitched in.

If someone is timid, throw them on the ground and stomp on them with the sole of your shoe until they die.

"Sigh, we were hoping to make a lot of money in three or four months, but we're already on the verge of collapse after just over half a month," a villager sighed.

"Stop talking, hurry up and catch the pests. If you're too slow, they'll eat all the leaves. What will we sell them for then?"

Another person looked exhausted: "These pests are everywhere on my two acres of land."

Grandma Feng sighed, "Who isn't? I even hired a pedant from the Peach Blossom family to reclaim four acres of wasteland, plus the five acres my family reclaimed ourselves."

If I can't save the herbs, all the money I spent hiring pedants to clear the land and the nine hundred coins I spent on seeds will be wasted!

The Zhao family's old house has the most medicinal herbs in the whole village, covering a full 23 mu.

When Grandma Sun saw the scene in her own medicinal herb field, her eyes rolled back and she fainted.

Later, Zhao Daqiang and Zhao Sanshi carried him back.

When Grandma Sun woke up, she kept muttering, "It's over, it's over!"

After spending ten taels to exorcise evil spirits from Xiao Feng, she decided to take a gamble and follow Peach Blossom, that little grass dog, to grow medicinal herbs and make money.

After all, last time, it was by listening to Tao Hua's advice to go to the foot of the mountain to dig for medicinal herbs that the family earned more than ten taels of silver in just over ten days.

If the medicinal herbs on these twenty-three acres are successfully planted, we will earn at least fifty-seven taels of silver.

In just three or four months, it has brought huge economic benefits to the Zhao family's old house.

So she used the last of her family's money to buy seeds and clear land.

Now, the medicinal herb field is full of pests, and all the money she invested has gone down the drain!

Peach Blossom, that little grass dog, said that there would be a heavy snowfall in winter, and the roof of the house had not been repaired and the walls on all four sides had not been plastered. How would they live in the future?

Are we going to freeze to death this winter?

"Mom, are you okay?"

"Grandma, how are you?"

Upon seeing that Grandma Sun had woken up, Zhao Sanshi, Zhao Feng, and the others were the first to approach her and ask what was wrong.

Grandma Sun felt even more distressed when she saw her favorite youngest son and grandson.

How can we let our youngest son and grandson suffer in winter?

The youngest son wants to send Xiao Lei to school, so we must grant his wish.

My grandson wants to marry Zhang Caixia, and we must grant his request.

But now, all the herbs are gone.

Just as Grandma Sun was feeling worried, her eyes suddenly fell on Zhao Lianhua.

Yesterday, the matchmaker You came over and told her something: Master Li wasn't upset that she hadn't sent Zhao Taohua's little stray dog ​​to the wedding to bring good luck last time.

Now, Master Li no longer wants a woman born on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month to bring him good fortune; instead, he wants a woman born on the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month.

Coincidentally, Lotus's birthday is the 15th of July.

Moreover, Master Li was willing to offer forty taels of silver as a bride price.

Originally, because the medicinal herb field was about to earn fifty-seven taels, Old Lady Sun didn't care about the forty taels at all.

But now that the medicinal herb field is finished, the family needs money everywhere, so Grandma Sun reconsidered and turned her attention to Zhao Lianhua.

With these forty taels, all the problems facing the Zhao family's old house will be solved, and everyone will be able to live a good life.

Grandma Sun said, "Daqiang, Shufen, and Guai Sun, you stay here. The rest of you go to the medicinal herb field to catch insects."

Although Zhao Sanshi and Wang Shi didn't understand why their mother only left the eldest son's family behind, they still obediently went out.

Zhao Lianhua was a little puzzled and asked Grandma Sun, "Grandma, shouldn't I stay?"

"Go to the yard first, Grandma will call you later."

Zhao Lianhua obediently followed Zhao Sanshi and his wife out, and even helped close the door to the main room.

However, for some reason, she felt that her grandmother's gaze towards her was a little strange.

This feeling made her very uneasy!

Zhao Lianhua couldn't sit still in the courtyard for long, so she quietly approached the window of the main house and pressed her ear against it to eavesdrop.