Farmer's eldest sister becomes rich

Chapter 184 Planting Sweet Potatoes

"Uncle, you don't need to give Yueyue the money spent on purchasing food."

The village chief quickly explained, "That won't work! These expenses are not paid by you alone, nor by me as the village chief alone. They have to be shared equally from the collective account of the village."

Qin smiled and nodded at An Yue. An Yue thought about it and realized that this made sense, so she said, "All the ingredients together cost four hundred and fifty-five coins."

After saying that, An Yue handed the shopping list to the village chief.

"Gather the villagers tomorrow to discuss the matter of raising silkworms. At the latest in three to five days, my uncle will send all the money to you." The village chief said as he took the list of ingredients to be purchased.

"Okay then, Yueyue will go back."

The village chief and Qin nodded and waved to An Yue, and An Yue left the village chief's yard.

On the way home, An Yue looked at the time and found it was still early.

So, I thought that when I got home, I would carry a basket on my back to the vegetable field on the black soil, cut some sweet potato vines and carry them to the wasteland on the east side of the yard, and plant sweet potatoes on the wasteland that had been turned over earlier.

After An Yue returned home, she changed into a pair of old cloth shoes, put on an apron, carried a backpack and took a sickle, and walked towards the black soil vegetable field.

She came to the vegetable garden and looked at the spinach, eggplant, potatoes, and tomatoes she had planted earlier, all of which were growing lush and green. She also pulled out the conspicuous weeds in the garden one by one.

Then, he walked towards the sweet potato seedling nursery nearby.

She squatted down, held the sweet potato vine with her left hand, held the sickle in her right hand, and cut it off half a foot away from the root.

Leave a space half a foot long from the root. After a few days, new sweet potato vines will branch out from there.

In a short while, the basket was filled with sweet potato vines.

An Yue was walking towards home, carrying a full basket of sweet potato vines.

An Yue walked home along the path. On the way, she saw several thatched houses built in the vegetable field not far from the An family's old house. She didn't know when.

Thinking back carefully, that was my grandfather An Chengde’s vegetable garden, and I guess it was the thatched house they built.

An Yue was still walking towards her home.

Suddenly, a familiar female voice came from behind: "Yueyue."

An Yue turned around and saw An Qing and Meng Xiuer.

An Yue greeted: "Brother, sister-in-law."

Meng Xiuer walked forward, took An Yue's hand, and said worriedly: "Yueyue, we haven't seen each other for only half a month, why have you lost so much weight?"

"There have been a lot of things going on recently, so I'm a little tired." An Yue touched her cheek and smiled.

"There is more and more farm work now, Yueyue has to take care of her health!"

"Sister-in-law, too. How are you guys doing these days?" An Yue responded.

"We..." Before Meng Xiu'er could finish her words, An Qing interrupted her and said, "Your sister-in-law is right. You should also take care of yourself."

An Yue thought that everyone in the village had started planting rice seedlings, and she wondered how her seedlings were growing.

An Yue nodded and asked, "Brother, people in the village have been planting rice seedlings one after another recently. I wonder how Yueyue's seedlings are growing now?"

Anqing pointed to a paddy field not far away and said, "Yueyue's rice seedlings are planted on the far left side of that paddy field. If you have time, you can go over and take a look. They are already more than a foot high. We can prepare for planting in the next few days."

"Okay then. Yueyue will go and take a look later." An Yue responded.

"Then let's go back first." Anqing held Meng Xiuer's shoulders and walked towards the thatched house.

Looking at their backs as they left, An Yue felt that An Qing seemed to have become much more distant from her. He had just interrupted Meng Xiu'er deliberately, as if he was hiding something from her.

Came to the wasteland east of my yard.

She gently put down the backpack, picked up a small hoe and began to level the dug ground, and then dug holes in rows.

After digging the holes, place the sweet potato vines one by one in each hole, and then cover the vines with soil.

After some effort, An Yue finally planted all the sweet potato vines.

She stood up, wiped the sweat from her cheeks, looked up and saw that it was almost the evening hour.

Looking at the large field of sweet potatoes that I planted, the burden in my heart was lightened a little.

Thinking about this time, An Nian would soon return from the school in town. She put away her hoe, put on her backpack and prepared to go home.

After returning home, An Yue put down her backpack and hoe, drank half a bowl of water, and hurried to the paddy field where seedlings were grown.

She came to the rice seedling field that Anqing pointed out, and saw the rice seedlings in the field were green and growing well. She couldn't help but smile with relief.

At this time, the sun gradually set, and a colorful sunset glow appeared on the horizon.

An Yue walked towards home, admiring the beautiful sunset glow all the way.

She wondered if she could go back to the 21st century by following the path to the end of the glow.

After a moment of reverie, I found myself back home without realizing it.

An Yue released the chicks from the bamboo cage and let them run around in the yard.

She took off her apron, brushed the dirt off her legs, then put it back on and prepared to go into the kitchen to cook dinner.

Just then, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door, followed by An Nian's excited voice: "Sister, I'm back!"

An Yue turned around and said with a smile: "Niannian is back!"

An Nian quickly ran to An Yue and said excitedly, "Sister, the teacher said that Nian Nian can take the children's exam!"

After hearing this, An Yue was surprised and happy, but more worried: "It's only been a short time since Niannian entered the school, and he has to take the Tongshi exam?"

"The exam won't be held right away. We have to wait until autumn!" An Nian explained quickly.

"That's fine, but you have to work harder every year!"

An Nian raised his palm and patted his forehead, and said confidently: "Don't worry, sister! The master's instructions are all recorded here every year."

An Yue smiled and shook her head: "You are really clever, but don't forget the story that your sister told you, 'A full pot of water makes no sound, but a half-full pot makes a jingle.'"

"I will never forget it." An Nian said with a smile and walked towards his room.

An Yue called the little chicks to the kitchen to prepare dinner.

——After dinner.

The brother and sister sat in the yard, looking up at the starry sky.

An Yue sat on a low stool, holding her chin with one hand and asked, "Niannian, is everything going well in the school these days?"

An Nian, who was sitting at the side, moved closer to An Yue. He leaned his head on An Yue's shoulder and said, "Now, Nian Nian and them have become good friends." After that, An Nian raised his head and said with joy, "Sister, the teacher praised Nian Nian's beautiful handwriting today."

An Yue was surprised and asked, "Really?"

An Nian smiled playfully and said, "Well, the teacher praised Niannian because she studies hard. She will work harder in the future and will definitely pass the children's exam in autumn."

An Yue touched An Nian's head and said with a smile, "That's great, great, my sister's little Nian Nian is really great!"