boyutpedia Chapter 144 Staying at Home Is Not Fun
Chapter 144 Staying at Home Is Not Fun
Because both Zhu and Qiao's relatives had arrived, the topic of conversation in the yard gradually turned to harvesting peppers and peanuts.
Qiao Dacheng: "During this period, the peppers and peanuts in the surrounding villages have been harvested almost completely. We are going to visit the villages in other towns."
Zhu Mingyi nodded and said, "It's almost the same here. We have harvested all the peppers from the surrounding villages and are planning to visit other towns in the next few days.
Fortunately, we have a bullock cart at home, otherwise if we go to another town, we won’t be able to bring things back and it will waste time.”
Grandpa Zhang: "It's okay, you can collect them slowly. We have collected a lot during this period, and there are a lot piled up in the workshop. They can be used for a while."
Qiao Dacheng waved his hand and said, "It's okay. The crops in the fields have been harvested anyway. Now everyone has nothing to do. There is a lot of labor at home, so it's good to go out and harvest peppers. Otherwise, it would be uncomfortable to stay at home."
Zhu Hui also said: "Yes, everyone is used to working. If I were to be idle all of a sudden, I would not be used to it."
"Me too, I feel itchy all over when I'm idle."
Qiao Dacheng suddenly thought of something and said, "Oh, Uncle Zhang, you've been going to various villages quite often recently. Many people who planted peppers this year have sold them for a lot of money. The main reason is that the price of the peppers we harvested is not low.
So they asked us if we would still need to collect the tax next year. If so, they would plant peppers and peanuts on the remaining land, except for the tax they had to pay, saying that they could save some money this way.”
Zhu Hui said, "Uncle Zhang, the villages I visited have also asked about this. Brother Qiao happened to ask about this today, so I'll take the opportunity to listen."
Grandpa Zhang didn’t know how to answer, so he could only call Zhang Yunyue, who was chatting with others nearby, over to discuss the matter.
"Yueyue, come here for a moment. Your uncles have something to ask you."
When Zhang Yunyue heard her grandfather calling her, she said something to her cousins and went to sit next to her grandfather.
"Grandpa, what's the matter? Is there anything wrong?"
"Your uncles said that many villagers asked them whether they would harvest peppers next year. If they did, they would plant more next year. The main reason is that the pepper harvest is good and the selling price is also good. Those who planted and sold peppers this year made a lot of money."
"Oh, so that's what it is. Uncle, you can tell the villagers in each village that we want as much as they can grow. This is only the first year, and we can look for other partners next year.
Now Tianxianglou needs more peppers each time, so don’t worry about collecting too many peppers and not being able to use them all. Besides, as you know, I opened a hot pot restaurant in the county, and I need a lot of peppers every year.”
Qiao Dacheng said: "That's fine, that's fine. In fact, you don't know that this year, because of the pepper harvest, many surrounding villages have been much more enthusiastic towards us. Some village heads were so happy that they almost danced when they saw us going to their village to harvest peppers and peanuts.
In the past, when the peppers were harvested, although people planted fewer peppers, many people would still sell them in the town during the harvest season. However, there were few buyers, so they all kept them for themselves to use slowly. This year, many people regretted not planting more peppers.
If they knew how much they would harvest next year, many villagers would be very happy. In addition, because of the pepper and peanut harvest this year, many villagers said they would have a good New Year. I heard this from the village heads, who all said they wanted to thank the people who harvested the peppers.
Grandpa Zhang: "This is mutually beneficial. The villagers can make money by growing peppers and have a good New Year. We can also supply goods to Tianxianglou. Everyone is happy, right? Although we can't help too many people, at least the surrounding villages can live a better life because of this, and our workshop is more meaningful."
Zhu Hui: "Uncle Zhang, don't talk about the villagers. As for our family's situation, everyone knows it. If we hadn't followed you to harvest peppers for the past two or three months and made some money, our family's situation would not be good. We are all grateful in our hearts."
Grandpa Zhang waved his hand and said, "You can't say that. You are diligent and you do business honestly with the villagers.
Besides, if we don’t ask you to help harvest peppers and peanuts, we have to send people to do it every day, and there aren’t that many people at home, so these are what you should do. Don’t say that next time.”
Grandma Zhang came out from the kitchen at this time: "The food is ready, you can clear the table first, and we will serve the food after that."
Father Zhang: "Okay, got it, I'll clean it up right away."
After that, everyone stood up, packed up all the fruits, melon seeds and peanuts on the table, wiped the table clean, and placed stools around the table.
There were four tables in the yard, and Zhang's mother and others brought the prepared meals to the tables one by one.
Great grandfather: "This is too rich, most of them are meat dishes, and I have never seen many of them before. Who made these dishes? The cooking skills are quite good. These are much better than those made by the village banquet chefs."
When the grandmother saw the great grandfather praising her like this, she was also smiling. She was surprised when she saw the two daughters-in-law of the third brother cooking in the kitchen just now.
"These dishes were made by A-Lian and A-Li. We were helping them when they were cooking. We were hungry. The food made by these two people smelled delicious in the kitchen."
Grandma Zhang: "Everyone please sit down. There is plenty of food today. When you finish eating, the kitchen can add more."
Grandpa Zhang and his group of men sat at two tables, the women sat at one table, and Zhang Yunyue and his cousins of similar age sat at another table.
Zhang Yunyue and Zhang Xingyun carried the birthday cake from the main room to Grandpa Zhang's table.
"Grandpa, this is a birthday cake made especially for you."
Everyone in the yard had seen it just now, so they were not surprised at this time. However, the people who were busy in the kitchen saw it now and were instantly shocked.
Zhang's mother: "Yueyue, is this the birthday cake you mentioned? It's so big."
"Yes, mother, today's birthday cake was made by my eldest brother and my cousins."
Grandma: "Oh, this birthday cake you made is really beautiful, with fruit on it."
Everyone was watching around. Zhang Yunyue took a knife from the kitchen and handed it to Grandpa Zhang.
"Grandpa, you have to be the first to cut this birthday cake."
"it is good."
Grandpa Zhang took a knife and cut the cake into two halves.
Then he looked at his brothers, younger brothers and sisters behind him and raised his eyebrows.
"Happy birthday, Grandpa!"
"Happy birthday, Third Grandpa!"
For a moment, the yard was filled with the birthday wishes of Zhang Yunyue and his peers.