Splendid peasant girl busy farming

Chapter 11847

They split into two groups and worked together. While Cao Bamei, Zhao Liuer, and Xiao Moshi took turns doing ideological work with Xiu Hong, Wu Laoliu, the merchant who would come to Changping Village and even the surrounding villages to buy agricultural products every year after the Double Ninth Festival, arrived in Changping Village on time again.

Wu Laoliu stayed at a relative's house in Changping Village, planning to spend three to five days buying peanuts, soybeans, sesame seeds, mung beans, red beans, and other things in the village.

As for the price, he had already written it on a wooden board with red stones and placed it at the entrance of his relative's yard so that the villagers of Changping Village who came to inquire about the market could see it at a glance, achieving true transparent pricing and fair treatment for everyone.

Then, apart from Yang Ruoqing, Old Yang, Yang Huaming, and the three Yang Yongjin brothers, no one else, including Yang Huazhong and the others, knew that this year's Wu Laoliu was someone Yang Ruoqing had brought over.

Because the news was kept very secret, when Wu Laoliu arrived in the village, he immediately attracted the attention of the village women. After inquiring about the market prices of these items this year, they all went home to organize their warehouses, preparing to take their accumulated goods to Wu Laoliu to sell for money.

Even Sun, Liu, and Wang Cuilian were rummaging through their homes looking for sesame seeds and mung beans to take and sell.

"Sister-in-law Cuilian, does your Luo family lack a few measly coins? Why are you joining in this fun?" When the village women saw Wang Cuilian carrying a hemp sack and queuing up to sell, they were all surprised. They surrounded Wang Cuilian and asked her all sorts of questions. Some even made room for Wang Cuilian to stand in line.

Wang Cuilian said with a smile, "I planted these things when I had nothing else to do. First of all, they are for my children to eat. If they can't finish them, my Qing'er will take the rest and sell it."

"Don't underestimate this small amount; it can at least help Qing'er share some of the burden!"

“Aunt Cuilian, your thinking is really rare. If it were another mother-in-law, with such successful children and grandchildren, she would have been lying down and enjoying her retirement long ago.”

"Hehehe, my Qing'er has wanted me to enjoy my retirement for a long time, but her uncle and I are born to be busy. If we don't find something to do, we feel uncomfortable and easily get sick. That's why my Qing'er is like us."

"Your Qing'er is filial."

"Yes, my Qing'er is a good daughter-in-law."

"By the way, what's the price of peanuts this year?"

"We asked around, and the prices of other things haven't increased much this year, remaining about the same as in previous years. Only peanuts have gone up in price. We heard that a new workshop has opened to make peanut candy, so they're buying peanuts from the surrounding villages!"

"How are the peanuts harvested? How much do they cost per pound?"

"Six coins a pound!"

"Oh dear, the price has indeed gone up. It used to be 4 coins."

"Aunt Cuilian, how many peanuts do you have?"

"I don't have many peanuts, only about ten pounds. By the way, is it 6 coins with the shells or just the peanuts? In previous years it was with the shells."

"This year's peanuts are also in their shells. I heard they're 12 coins a pound, including the cost of shelling them..."

"Oh dear, I didn't plant too many peanuts this year. I should have planted more."

"We can't be blamed for this; man proposes, God disposes."

"Ha, if that's the case, then the Sixi family must have made a fortune this year, right?"

"What do you mean?"

"Si Xi's mother planted more than an acre of peanuts this year!"

"Really? Why are they growing so many peanuts?" "I don't know, but they've planted a lot this year. The Sixi family is going to make a fortune; they've hit the jackpot..."

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Not only did everyone in the village think that Sixi's family had struck it lucky this year, but even Sixi's mother was overjoyed when she learned about the price of peanuts brought by Wu Laoliu. The frustration and anger she had felt these past two days because her son had broken his leg and was lying in bed were all washed away by the good price of peanuts.

Sixi's mother returned home overjoyed. At that time, the whole family was still eating lunch. Sixi's mother rushed in, clapping her hands and saying, "Don't eat, everyone. Listen to me. I have some great news to tell you."

"Old Wu has come to collect the goods. The price of peanuts has gone up this year, and they are selling for 6 wen a jin."

"What? Six coins? That's great!" Sixi's father was overjoyed. He wiped his mouth, got up, and went to the storeroom to sort out the peanuts to see how many pounds they weighed.

The three brothers, Da Xi, Er Xi, and San Xi, were overjoyed and put down their chopsticks to help Si Xi's father.

Si Xi's mother stopped the father and sons, saying, "Don't rush to pack, I haven't finished speaking yet."

"Our peanut harvest is nearly 500 jin (250 catties). This year's peanut harvest is huge, almost two mu (0.067 hectares) of peanuts!"

"My God, this can sell for more than 3 taels of silver! That's much more profitable than growing rice and cotton!" The Si Xi father and sons were incredibly excited when they heard this figure.

The three daughters-in-law sitting at the table eating looked at each other, all smiling happily.

Suddenly, Erxi's wife clutched her stomach and cried out, "Ouch!"

"What's wrong, honey?" Erxi immediately became nervous and went to his wife to ask.

The woman clutched her stomach and said in a coquettish voice, "It's your son, kicking me again. He's probably happy because he heard that the peanut harvest was bountiful this year and they'll fetch a good price!"

Hearing the woman's words, Erxi puffed out his chest with pride and said to his parents, "Dad, Mom, if you ask me, our peanut harvest this year is largely thanks to the baby in my wife's belly!"

Before Erxi could finish speaking, his sister-in-law and brother's wife immediately chimed in, "Oh dear, what makes you say that? Your baby isn't even born yet, how can you predict the future?"

"That's right, it's all thanks to our parents' good planning. They know how to arrange farm work. Don't put all the work on your child, hehe."

Erxi's wife touched her belly and said with a smile, "Last year, those two acres of land were originally meant to be planted with cotton. But now that I'm pregnant, I don't crave anything during my morning sickness except peanut candy."

"Our mother dotes on my unborn grandson and insists that we should plant more peanuts so that we'll have peanuts to eat when he's born... right, Mom?"

Sixi's mother chuckled, looking at her second daughter-in-law's high, pointed belly with anticipation in her eyes.

"Second sister-in-law, you said it yourself, you're craving peanut candy, not peanuts." The third daughter-in-law rolled her eyes, then complained, "Mother, you're so biased! I also gave birth to a big, healthy grandson, but why don't you treat us like you dote on second sister-in-law and the others? So, you picked Sanxi up from the wild?"

Sixi's mother turned her head and glared at her third daughter-in-law: "What nonsense are you talking about? All four of them are my own sons. I treat them all equally and love them all the same!"

"So what's going on with these peanuts?"

"Hey, we just happened to catch the right opportunity with these peanuts. It just so happens that the price of peanuts went up the year after we switched to planting them," said Sixi's mother. "Alright, alright, you all stop arguing. When the peanuts sell for a good price, I'll buy each of you three a new set of winter clothes!"

"Don't interrupt me now, I have something important to say!"