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When Xie Jiaojiao returned home at noon, Sun Ruhua was making lunch with a smile on her face.

"Mom, what's the matter? Why are you so happy?"

Sun Ruhua waved her hands: "What can happen? Nothing."

Xie Jiaojiao asked again: "Where is Zhiyi? Why can't I see him?"

"He and Niu Er went to catch crabs. They should be by the creek."

Xie Jiaojiao nodded and went out. Sure enough, she saw Xie Zhiyi and Niu Er by the creek.

Xie Zhiyi was washing his hands with a look of joy. He saw Xie Jiaojiao from afar and shouted, "Sister, I caught a fish!"

Xie Jiaojiao walked closer and saw a small crucian carp, about two fingers wide, swimming back and forth in the bucket.

When Niu Er saw her, he shouted, "Thank you, little aunt."

Xie Jiaojiao nodded: "It's already noon, why don't you go back to eat?"

Niu Er didn't say anything. Xie Zhiyi pulled Xie Jiaojiao and said, "Sister, don't say anything!"

Xie Jiaojiao raised her eyebrows slightly and went to see how many crabs they had caught.

There's already half a bucket!

Seeing that Xie Jiaojiao and Xie Zhiyi were preparing to go home, Niu Er did not put away his fishing rod.

Xie Zhiyi whispered, "Sister, can we let Brother Niu come to our house for dinner? Brother Niu's mother is so powerful. I heard from Brother Niu this morning that he had a quarrel with his mother early this morning! His mother didn't even allow him to eat!"

As soon as Xie Zhiyi finished speaking, he looked at Niu Er with sympathy.

Only then did Xie Jiaojiao notice some changes in Niu Er. How could Niu Er be fatter this year than he was last year?

He was a little fat last year, but this year he is a little too thin. At first I thought he had grown taller, but now I see that he has not grown much. Her Zhiyi is already as tall as his shoulders!

"Niu Er, let's go to Aunt Xie's house for dinner. We made sweet potato steamed buns for lunch. Zhiyi said you really like it."

Niu Er's eyes lit up. Xie Jiaojiao saw him swallowing his saliva, but he shook his head: "Xie Xiaogu, I won't go. I'll go fishing for a while and then go back."

Xie Jiaojiao ignored him and helped him pack up. Seeing several fish in his bucket, she said, "Aunt, I want to eat fish. You provide the fish and I provide the rice. Let's go to my house for dinner!"

"Let's go, Brother Niu, the steamed buns my mother made are delicious!" Xie Zhiyi said as he helped him collect his fishing rod.

Niu Er touched his head and said, "Okay then!"

At the dinner table, Niu Er was very reserved at first, but after eating the first steamed bun, he relaxed.

Sun Ruhua looked at Niu Er and couldn't help but feel a little distressed.

At noon, when Sun Ruhua was clearing the dishes, she said to Xie Jiaojiao, "I don't know how long it has been since Niu Er had a full meal! Now that he has a stepmother, he must have a stepfather!"

Xie Jiaojiao couldn't say anything about this matter. After all, it was someone else's family business!

"Mom, go tell Uncle Li this afternoon to help us plow the two sweet potato fields. Also, how is your inquiry about buying land going last time when I asked you to?"

"Okay, after I wash the dishes, I'll go talk to your Lao Li."

Speaking of the land, Sun Ruhua laughed and said, "I also asked about the land. Wang Youliang's family in our village is selling land. I heard that they are selling it to his son to marry a wife. I went to see the land. It is next to our two plots of land. Once they harvest the sweet potatoes this season, they can transfer it to us!"

Xie Jiaojiao nodded: "Okay! With two more plots of land, we can make more brown sugar next year!"

I got busy in the afternoon.

Uncle Li was plowing the field in front, while Sun Ruhua and Xie Jiaojiao were busy picking sweet potatoes in the back.

Many people in the village were watching. They never thought that digging sweet potatoes could be done in this way!

But when he saw that many sweet potatoes were accidentally plowed, he shook his head and said distressedly: "If we want a good harvest, we still have to do it ourselves!"

The person who was going to plant sugarcane with Xie Jiaojiao heard this and said, "You know shit!"

After saying that, he hurried home and went to the sweet potato field to harvest sweet potatoes, so that he could follow Xie Jiaojiao to plant sugarcane in the field.

Last year, it took their family of three several days to harvest the two acres of land, but this year they finished in almost one day.

Using oxen to plow the fields and ox carts to transport sweet potatoes has greatly improved efficiency and made Xie Jiaojiao feel a lot more relaxed.

Sun Ruhua felt a little distressed. She sighed as she looked at the sweet potatoes that had been accidentally damaged by the plowing at home, "So many of them have been damaged, and we can't even eat them all! What a pity!"

Xie Jiaojiao looked at it and thought, what's the pity? It won't be wasted.

"Mom, go buy some piglets! We can use the leftovers to feed the pigs! It won't be wasted!"

And: "If you still don't want to give it up, we can just make it into powder and eat it."

"Making noodles? That would be a waste of so many sweet potatoes!"

Xie Jiaojiao was speechless!

The next day, Sun Ruhua brought back a piglet. There was no special pigpen in the backyard, so she spent some money and asked someone to make one.

It's right next to the toilet and shares a toilet pit.

"In this way, we will have fertilizer to fertilize sugarcane next year!" said Sun Ruhua.

The happiest person was Xie Zhiyi, who said that he would take good care of her every day.

Xie Jiaojiao looked at him, feeling somewhat helpless. In the novels she read, weren't there always brothers or brothers who wanted to study? Why was it that when she traveled through time and space and had a brother, he would spend all day thinking about farming, raising chickens, and raising rabbits?

She thought about it and decided that if possible, she would still like to send Xie Zhiyi to school. She didn't want him to achieve academic success, but at least he could learn some words.

As soon as Wang Youliang's sweet potatoes were harvested, the land was transferred under the witness of the village chief. Sun Ruhua did not dare to make the decision, so the name was written as Xie Jiaojiao's.

Everyone in the village was very surprised that the Xie family could afford to buy land so quickly. I guess the things her family made must have made a lot of money!

Then they started planting sugarcane. Xie Jiaojiao's family took the lead. While they were planting themselves, they also taught others how to plant.

The other villagers in the village looked at them with envy.

Some people even went to the village chief's house to make trouble, but were yelled at and kicked out by the village chief.

However, most people felt that growing sugarcane was not as secure as growing grain, and they also laughed at the five families who followed Xie Jiaojiao's family in growing sugarcane.

Those who quietly planted sugarcane said in their hearts: "That's because you don't know that this sugarcane can be used to make brown sugar!"

After finishing all this, it’s time to celebrate the New Year!

That day, Xie Jiaojiao delivered crabs as usual, but the number of crabs was getting smaller and smaller.

Moreover, she felt sorry for Xie Zhiyi and now she didn't let him go into the water. Although this was in the south, the water was freezing cold in winter.

Xie Jiaojiao also told Niu Er and Tian Hu that they would not accept crabs tomorrow.

"Manager Chen, you should find someone else to get these crabs tomorrow. We can't find that many anymore!"

Upon hearing this, Shopkeeper Chen nodded immediately, "Okay! Miss Xie, do you have any more fermented tofu at home? I gave some to my brother last time and he liked it very much. He runs a restaurant business in the county and always asks me to give him some too!"

When Xie Jiaojiao heard this, she thought, this is a big deal!

He immediately smiled and said, "I still have a few jars at home. If Manager Chen wants them, I'll deliver them to you this afternoon. But if you want more, you may have to wait for a few days."

Shopkeeper Chen agreed immediately. When talking about the number he wanted to order, he gestured to five. Xie Jiaojiao looked at him and said, "Five jars?"

Shopkeeper Chen shook his head.

"Fifty?"

Shopkeeper Chen shook his head.

Xie Jiaojiao was a little shocked: "Is it five hundred?"

Shopkeeper Chen touched his chin and nodded: "Thank you for your trouble, young lady!"

Xie Jiaojiao waved her hands hastily and couldn't help asking, "So many, can his restaurant accommodate them?"

Shopkeeper Chen smiled and said, "Miss Xie, you don't have to worry about this!"

Xie Jiaojiao nodded slightly: "He wants so much, why don't I use a big vat! Otherwise, it will be inconvenient for him to make jars of it!"

"Okay! I'll just tell him!"

Xie Jiaojiao thanked Shopkeeper Chen for introducing such a big business to her, but Shopkeeper Chen smiled and shook his head.

Jiang Weinan came down from upstairs only after she left.

"How is it? Did she agree?"

Shopkeeper Chen smiled and nodded: "Miss Xie agreed. Master, if you want to help Miss Xie, you can just place the order directly. Why do you need me to come forward?"

"I'm afraid she won't agree to my order!" Jiang Weinan said. Besides, it's so cold now, why is she still catching crabs every day? She's not afraid of the cold!

Shopkeeper Chen didn't hear clearly: "Master, what did you say?"

Jiang Weinan waved his hand: "Nothing! Well, you should urge her more when the time comes, so that she won't be lazy!"

Shopkeeper Chen frowned. This Miss Xie looked efficient, so how could she be lazy?

"When she says it's done, you can ship it to our shop in the county town."

Shopkeeper Chen responded and Jiang Weinan left.

After Xie Jiaojiao negotiated such a big deal, she immediately ran to Zhang Tofu and ordered fifty bamboo blocks of tofu, which made Zhang Tofu and his wife very happy.

When I heard Xie Jiaojiao say that she would give me 50 yuan every day for the next ten days, I was even happier!

Xie Jiaojiao went to the drugstore and bought a lot of spices.

Jiang Weinan watched from a distance. Why did she come out of the pharmacy? Was she sick?

Seeing that she had bought almost everything, Xie Jiaojiao went to the town entrance to prepare to take the ox cart back.

While dozing off on the ox cart, I heard two women from the village behind me say, "Sun Ruhua said she no longer recognizes Xie Zhili, but I noticed that she has been going to Xie's house every morning to look at the house these days."

Someone nearby responded, "Is that so? I mean, why haven't we heard the Xie family's child crying these past two days..."

Xie Jiaojiao turned around and grabbed their shoulders: "Are you telling the truth?"