kingnovel Chapter 442 Harvesting Potatoes
Chapter 442 Harvesting Potatoes
Wen Shengxi listened to Gu Qingqing's clear and logical talk, and couldn't hide the surprise on his face. He asked curiously, "Sister, how do you know so much?"
Gu Qingqing glanced at the little girl who admired her, and naturally would not admit that she knew so much, let alone say that she heard all this when she bought a donkey last time when she heard others praising the mule.
In the little girl's expectation, she smiled mysteriously, tilted her head and whispered to her, "Your brother-in-law told me."
Wen Shengxi exclaimed, and clapped his hands excitedly, "Brother-in-law is amazing, he is good at studying, and he knows so many things."
Gu Qingqing looked at her innocent appearance, put a hand on her shoulder, and laughed and scolded her, "Silly girl."
After Gu Qingqing finished speaking to her, she walked around the cart again. She couldn't tell what kind of wood the cart was made of. It looked more solid and half the size of her donkey cart.
There are several copper nails nailed on the wheel, indicating that it must be very expensive.
She exclaimed in admiration, "This car is a good buy. It will be very useful during the autumn harvest."
Zhao Dong coughed and laughed, "Boss, don't you ask how much silver it is?"
"You get what you pay for. They dare to ask for a lot of money, which means this thing is worth the price."
After hearing what Gu Qingqing said, Zhao Dong felt relieved for some reason. Although Zhao Dong didn't say anything like "I believe you", he still felt very benefited by what she said.
"This cart is not cheap. It cost six taels of silver. The wood is worth the price. His family has collars and saddles for mules to pull carts. After a long struggle, he finally gave us a set. In addition, I just went home and gave the remaining six taels of silver to Wen Xin, asking her to keep it first."
Gu Qingqing waved her hand indifferently when he said, "The car is not cheap." "The car should be good. We will use it frequently in the future."
"You go and take a rest, we'll do the rest." Zhao Dong said as he drove the mule cart to a place with lush grass and leaves, then unloaded the cart from under the mule. He then tied the reins to the wheel and untied the mule's mouth.
Zhao Dong patted its neck and pointed at the green grass on the ground and said, "Eat it. After you're full, you can work harder."
With Zhao Dong and Zhao Bei joining in, the work in the field became much faster. Seeing that the child was still sleeping, Gu Qingqing couldn't sit still either.
A man was slowly digging potatoes on a ridge of land where the seedlings had already been pulled out. If squatting was uncomfortable, he would kneel down, and if kneeling got tired, he would sit down for a while.
It was not until the children woke up that she brushed the dirt off her body and went to the tree at the edge of the field to take care of the children.
"Xiao Nuannuan, you were woken up by us. Do you want some water?" Gu Qingqing asked softly as she looked at her who was still a little confused.
At the same time, little Gu Qi sat on the ground waving his arms, trying to reach the bowl in Gu Qingqing's hand, or the eggs in the bowl?
Gu Qingqing tapped the back of his hand lightly with her fingers and said with a heavy “hmm” in her throat, “Aunt, hey, don’t do it yourself.”
Xiao Nuannuan looked around, climbed up from the mat, moved to Gu Qingqing's side and snuggled into her arms.
"Hold me, mom!"
"Okay, Mommy, hold me!"
Gu Qingqing looked at the third sister who was sitting on her lap with her neck resting on her arm and smiling happily, and Gu Qingqing smiled at her.
The little one is very attached to me, but she is watched closely by her two sisters at home and has never had the chance to be held by me. Today I finally give her the chance.
Gu Qingqing brought a few eggs when she left home, and fed one to little Gu Qi.
Then she gave one to Xiao Nuannuan as well. Fortunately, Xiao Nuannuan could already grab the food and eat it by herself, so she didn’t need to feed her.
Little Gu Qi was quite good at crawling, but he was still a little unstable when he walked on his own.
Gu Qingqing didn't dare to carry him around, so she could only pick some flowers and plants for him to play with.
It is quick to pull out the seedlings from an acre of land, but it is not fast to pick out all the potatoes that have fallen to the ground.
Just as Gu Qingqing was looking at the potatoes all over the ground and wanted to ask Zhao Dong to drive the mule cart back first, her eyes suddenly fell on a donkey cart approaching slowly in the distance.
After a while.
"Uncle Yang, why are you here driving a donkey cart?" Gu Qingqing looked at the visitor with joy.
Old Yang chuckled and said, "I sent the children home, and I had nothing to do at home, so I tried to drive the car. I didn't expect it to actually follow me."
As Old Yang spoke, he gently patted the little donkey's back, and his face was filled with wrinkles as he smiled.
"Mom, here are us too. We're here too." A gentle voice came from the donkey cart.
"Aunt, I'm going to help in the fields." Before Li Xin could finish his words, he jumped off the donkey cart that had just stopped.
"Mom, I'm going to help in the fields too." Wenrou slid off the car and ran towards the fields.
Only Wen Xin got off the car and went to Gu Qingqing first, "Mom, today Uncle Dong came back from the town and gave me five taels of silver, and also brought back a lot of food."
Gu Qingqing was just about to ask if the silver was hidden, but when she heard what she said next, she almost bit her tongue as she moved it in a circle so quickly.
"Did your Dong Bo bring food home again?" Gu Qingqing asked.
"Well, I pulled several sacks and put them together with ours."
Gu Qingqing didn't know what to say for a moment, so she could only nod and say, "Okay, I understand. Go and help with the work."
Wen Xin looked at the ground, not knowing what to do for a moment, and asked, "Mom, what should I do?"
Gu Qingqing turned her head to look at the field. Li Xin had run directly to Zhao Bei's side. She didn't know what he was talking about. Wenrou, this silly child, only knew how to run to the field. Now she was standing there scratching her head, as if she didn't know what to do.
"Call your sisters, and start putting the eggs into the basket."
Wen Xin got the order, took the bamboo basket at the edge of the field and ran to the field, shouting, "Wen Rou, come here. Mom said that the two of us should put the eggs into the basket."
Seeing that there was something to do, the confused Wenrou ran towards her sister again.
Gu Qingqing didn't get off the ground, but said to Old Yang, "Uncle Yang, please lead the donkey cart to the front and turn around. After the children have loaded the baskets, we will load the cart first."
"I brought some sacks from home when I came here. I'll see if they can be used later." Old Yang said as he took a large bundle of sacks off the cart and threw them on the ground. Then he drove the donkey cart to a wider place in front and turned around.
At first, Gu Qingqing guessed that one mule cart alone could not carry so many earth eggs, and thought that it would take two trips. However, she didn't know that after filling the donkey cart and mule cart with sacks and baskets, there was still a small half in the ground, and there was still a row of earth eggs that had not been dug out.
Zhao Dong smiled as he looked at the mule cart that was carrying at least 400 kilograms of potatoes. "Let's go. We'll have to make two more trips later. Let's try to bring back the rice seedlings today."