Early the next morning, while Su Ziling and the others were still washing up, there was a knock on the door.

As soon as Su's mother opened the door, the group of men laughed and greeted Su's mother, "Sister-in-law!"

Seeing other people washing up, they looked a little embarrassed and scratched their heads, "Are we here early?"

"It's okay, it's okay. Come in and sit down. Your eldest brother and the others are all up. Come in and sit down for a while before we start working." Mother Su welcomed them in with a smile.

The people who came were all of the same generation as Su's father, and he was the oldest in this generation. Of course, if the eldest brother hadn't done that ridiculous thing, Su's father would only be the second eldest child.

Mother Su moved the stool out and placed it in the yard. "You guys sit down for a while." She also thoughtfully made a pot of tea.

Seeing Su's mother enter the kitchen, those people started to commotion.

"It's all your fault. I just said it was too early. You still don't believe me!"

"It's better to come sooner than later, right?"

"That's right, it would be so embarrassing if you were late. As soon as you walk in, people are already working. How dare you take the wages?"

Last night, Mr. Su went to invite people. He was very excited when he heard that Shi Wen was a day away, so the family discussed that they had to work hard and do well so that they could be given priority next time.

So everyone discussed it and unanimously decided to let the strongest and most diligent person in the family come.

No, I was so excited all night that I didn't sleep much. When I got up, I couldn't wait at all. I came right after washing up.

Because Su Zizhong and the others set off early, their family now eats three meals a day.

In the morning, eat some polenta with pickles and let Su Zizhong and the others set off for Lumen Mountain. After they left, they started making tofu at home. After the tofu was ready, they had time to make other things.

"Awang, have you eaten? If not, let's eat some together?" Su Ah Nai stood at the door and shouted.

"Auntie, we don't have the habit of eating so early. We can just go home and eat later. Don't worry about us. You can eat quickly." After saying that, he felt that it was okay for them to sit like this, so he asked again.

"Uncle, is there anything we need to do now? We can do it first. It's not a problem to be idle."

The main reason is that he feels that for ten cents a day, he has to be worthy of the price.

Mr. Su was stunned and looked at Su Ziling, "Let him cut the sweet potatoes first?"

Su Ziling glanced at the water in the pot and said, "Why don't we let them pound the leaves? When they pound a pot, we will eat it. It's time to add the alkaline water. When the tofu is ready, we can start chopping the sweet potatoes."

"Okay!" Mr. Su nodded, just at that moment Liu Guilan and his wife came over.

The door was opened with help from people in the yard. When the couple entered the door and saw so many people in the yard, they were stunned and did not react.

I entered the yard in a daze and didn't even understand what was going on.

Su Guangbai lowered his head and said in his wife's ear: "Daughter-in-law, could it be that we are late and Xiaoqing and the others have invited someone else?"

Liu Guilan shook his head, "It shouldn't be, we're not too late."

The two of them came early today. Of course, they hurried out because they heard the noise in the yard.

Usually they would estimate the time and wait until Su Ziling and the others were almost done eating before coming over.

Mr. Su was still thinking about teaching them. When he looked up, he happened to see Liu Guilan and the others. He pointed at the two of them with a smile, "Second brother, you are here just in time. Teach them how to pound the leaves. We will come here after we finish eating." "

Su Guangbai was stunned for a moment, then quickly came to his senses, "I understand, uncle."

He arranged the pots and leaves, went to the kitchen and brought out a bucket of boiling water, handed them the pestle and stick, and gave a simple demonstration, and everyone understood.

Suddenly the yard was filled with the sound of leaves being pestled and the sound of them discussing in low voices.

"Second brother, is this what you do every day?"

Su Guangbai nodded, but did not elaborate, "What are you here for?"

"It's said to be a sweet potato pestle. It takes two or three days of work. Do you know what's going on?"

Liu Guilan raised her chin, "Well, the sweet potatoes are right there. I'll wash them and cut them into pieces, and then I'll start pounding them with a pestle and mortar."

They also know a little bit about these processes, having done them two days ago, so they are no strangers to them.

"Dear me, there are so many sweet potatoes!"

Liu Guilan is a woman, and her movements are no slower than those men. "Where are you going? I do it every day, and people send it to me every day, even from a few hills away."

"How many hills away?" A young man asked, "It's so far away, doesn't it mean we can only send it once a day?"

"Then what can be done? It's OK for adults to eat sweet potatoes every day, but not for the elderly and children. There's no nutrition at all. You have to get some needles, threads, brains, etc., right?"

Some people in the county also bought it, but not much. They just bought a few to taste it, but they couldn't sell it for much.

The only one is Su Ziling, who charges one and a half cents per catty, so if you pick one or two hundred catties and sell them, you can get hundreds of cents, and then you can buy a lot of things.

So when I heard that someone was coming to deliver it from a few hills away, everyone understood that if it were them, they would deliver it once a day, and they could still make some money selling it.

"My grandpa told me last night that we will grow more sweet potatoes this year and open up more fields. If we plant them all, we can sell them for a lot of money in a year."

"My family is the same. They have planted a batch in the past two days. My mother and others have told me to plant a batch of autumn potatoes after harvesting the grains. The harvest may not be that good, but it will still yield a lot."

"No, what if uncle and his family can't afford so many? You said that if they raise pigs and cows, they can be used to feed them. We don't have any. If we plant too much, won't they pile up?"

Liu Guilan pounded a pot and skillfully filtered it with gauze. "Don't worry about it. Xiao Qing said, there are as many sweet potatoes as you want. There is only one premise, that is, you can't make up the numbers. Otherwise, the whole village will lose their money." She won’t accept any sweet potatoes.”

"That's impossible! Who would do such a heartless thing!"

"That's right, my dad and the others sent them to me two days ago. Not to mention the bad ones, they picked out the ones with crooked melons, cracked dates and unsightly fruits, saying they were meant to be kept for myself."

"As long as it's not broken, there's nothing wrong with it. Don't tell me that my second brother didn't tell you," Su Guangbai lowered his voice, "Work hard and work hard. There will be a lot of work ahead."

"What do you say?" A group of people all looked at him curiously.

"There are so many sweet potatoes, and there will be a steady stream of people delivering them, and since we have grown so many, the people who have come to sell them will definitely grow more. By the second half of the year, the sweet potatoes will probably be piled as high as the house. "

Hearing Su Guangbai say this, everyone's eyes lit up.

"Second brother, you are right! Before I went out, my father told me not to be lazy and to work hard. Hehe, I am not very smart, but I have a lot of strength!"

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