Chapter 257 There Is Life
The Lin family and his son were also happy to say that the watermelons on the eighty acres of land are now growing very well and have produced many watermelons, the big ones weighing two or three kilograms. The first melons will be harvested in about half a month.
Just as he was talking, Chu Xiaoniu came with a long-term worker. This long-term worker is called Wang Laowu. He lost most of his hair when he was in his twenties. His head is severely "centered around the center" and his sparse hair is tied on top of his head like a small horn.
He is an outsider and a distant relative of Gao Lizheng. It was said that there was a flood in his hometown and all his parents and relatives died, so he came here to visit his relatives. Gao Lizheng helped him apply for a household registration, and rented a small courtyard at the north end of the village, two houses away from the courtyard where Chen Ming's family used to live. He has been living here since then, working as a long-term or part-time worker, doing any dirty work as long as he can make money.
This man doesn't talk much and is very diligent, but the requirements for finding a wife are very high, that is, she must be beautiful. He proposed marriage to almost every house in the village that had a beautiful girl. At first, because I liked Chen Afu Shuiling, I often went to the vegetable garden to meet her by chance. This man is a joke in Xiangluo Village. People say he is a toad who wants to eat swan meat. So I am now twenty-five years old and have not yet married a wife.
Last year, when Fuyuan and Luyuan were looking for long-term workers in the fields and watermelon fields, he came to sign up. Chen Ming and Chen Afu felt that this guy was a good guy, down-to-earth and hard-working. Apart from having unrealistic standards for finding a wife and not being very hygienic, everything else was very good, so they hired him, but the prerequisite was that he had to keep his personal hygiene clean. .
He was very diligent, willing to work harder than the other three long-term workers, and was willing to use his brain. He also paid more attention to hygiene. Later, Chen Afu promoted him to a small boss and put him in charge of the watermelon field.
Wang Laowu held a large watermelon weighing nearly ten kilograms in his hand. He was so happy that he grinned to the back of his ears. His hair was soaked with sweat and stuck to the top of his head, making it appear that there was less hair.
Chu Xiaoniu smiled and said, "Girl, our watermelon has grown so big."
Wang Laowu smiled and said, "Girl, there are a lot of such big melons in the field. I knocked them and they made a bang bang bang sound. They should be ripe. Girl, take a look. If they are ripe, they can be harvested in the next few days. Picked.”
Chen Afu was also very happy and quickly asked someone to wash the melon and cut it with a knife. The flesh of the melon is bright red. Once you eat it, it is sweet, crisp and juicy. If you wait a few more days and sand it a little more, it will taste even better.
Old man Lin said excitedly, "Oh my god, how come the melons here are ripe at this time? They ripen at least ten days earlier than the melons in our Wangshan Village, and they are more delicious than the watermelons I have eaten before."
Of course, Chen Afu would not say that this was a rare chemical fertilizer that was poured with swallow dung, so he could only vaguely say, "Maybe it has something to do with the soil quality here." Then, he sent people to Dingzhou to contact Zeng Shuang, and the melons started to be produced in three days. , shipped to Dingzhou for sale. Dingzhou is one of the important transportation hubs in Dashun Dynasty. The canal beside the city leads to the capital in the north and to Jiangnan in the south. Watermelons can be sold there to the two richest places in Dashun Dynasty and some places along the coast. .
At the same time, give a small amount to Chen Erliang Shop in Sanqing County. Although that shop mainly sells grain, it can also sell watermelons.
Except for one tooth each for the sleeping Chu Lingyan and the golden swallow in the space, the rest of the melons were distributed to the servants and the Animal House. Of course Zhuifeng is not interested, but Qiqi and Huihui, two smart birds, don't like anything as long as it's delicious.
Then, Wang Laowu was asked to pick two more, and one was sent to Luyuan and the other to Tangyuan. After thinking about it, he asked him to pick two more and send them to the old monk Wu Zhi and Abbot Liao Chen.
At night, after finishing his busy work, Chen Afu cut the watermelon into a small bowl and carried the small bowl to the space. Ever since Golden Swallow got the amber bird, he has been hiding in the space and playing, unable to call out.
"Baby, come and eat the watermelon, it's so sweet." Chen Afu greeted.
The Golden Swallow was still pulling the amber bird with its wings and said, "Mommy, it's so strange. If this thing were darker, I would have thought it was carved out of my childhood. Why does it look like me so much? And I have a hunch that it seems to be alive, but it is still sleeping, but it will wake up one day.”
Chen Afu was startled. He leaned over and took a closer look at the amber bird. He shook his head and said, "Why didn't I see that it was alive? In my eyes, it is no different from the ornaments in my house, only more beautiful." That's all." Seeing the sharp beak of Jin Yanzi, he smiled again, "Mommy is an ordinary person, and her vision is certainly not as sharp as Jin Bao's. Maybe this little amber bird will absorb spiritual energy in the space one day. It would be nice if it wakes up. It would be better if our Jinbao is a female baby during the winter. The baby will have more... sisters."
She originally wanted to say more than one daughter-in-law, but she thought that if the little thing had more than one daughter-in-law, she would be "wishfully wishful thinking", so she changed her words to say sister.
Jin Yanzi's mouth curled up with joy, and he chirped, "Mommy, don't call it Amber Bird anymore. It's as cold as an ornament. Call it Jin Bei. As soon as you hear it, you'll think it's a pair." Then he said regretfully, " I don’t know if it will take a hundred years or a thousand years to wake up.”
The pole was held so far and he had nothing to do, so Chen Afu was even less interested. He yawned and said, "Baby, eat the watermelon quickly. This melon is sweet and grows fast, and you can't live without it."
On the evening of the 19th, dinner was being eaten in Fuyuan. Chen Afu and his three children were at one table, and the old Marquis was drinking wine at another table. Jinbao led Qiqi and Huihui to eat around a colorful porcelain plate, and Zhui Feng buried his head in a small wooden basin and ate deliciously.
Suddenly, Zeng Laotou's surprised voice came from the yard, "Oh, the master is back." He raised his voice and shouted, "Old Master, Miss, the master is back."
With the sound of footsteps, Chu Lingxuan walked into the restaurant. He had already returned to Tangyuan to take a bath. He was wearing an ice-blue robe, and his wet hair was hanging down.
Chu Hanyan had put down her chopsticks and came to the door to greet him. When she saw him, she stretched out her arms and shouted, "Daddy, Daddy."
Chu Lingxuan picked up Chu Hanyan, smiled and glanced at Chen Afu, and then went to the old marquis to pay his respects.
Chen Afu stood up and smiled, "Master, you haven't eaten yet, I'll ask someone to bring a pair of bowls and chopsticks, and cook two more dishes."
"Okay." Chu Lingxuan nodded and sat next to the old marquis.
Dabao and Chu Lingzhi walked over to pay their respects, one called "Daddy" and the other called "Big Brother". Qiqi and Huihui also followed suit and shouted "Daddy" loudly.
Chen Ahfu went to the kitchen and cooked two dishes that Chu Lingxuan liked, one was hot chicken with ginger sauce, and the other was stir-fried pork with green pepper. She knew that Chu Lingxuan might come back tonight, so she prepared the ingredients. But she didn't cook them because she was afraid that he would come back too late.