kingnovel Chapter 271 Going to Work in the Tea Mountain
Chapter 271 Going to Work in the Tea Mountain
Huang Yiwen finished taking a shower with his eyes closed.
He's been using this body for five years and still hasn't gotten used to it.
But this body is truly beautiful! The Huang family, being so poor, couldn't possibly afford such a precious body. I wonder who the original owner of this body was? What was their occupation?
However, none of this has anything to do with him anymore.
He was very satisfied with his current life. He was not starving and still had the energy to write his favorite novels. He would never dwell on those irrelevant things in the past.
After wringing his hair dry, he sat down in front of the bed with a vegetarian bun in his mouth and began to write his second storybook.
In his previous life, he was a storyteller.
But not many people watched it. In this strange era, besides doing odd jobs to support himself, this was his only persistence and hobby.
As long as you are alive, there must always be some hope.
Isn't it? His storybook was bought out by a noble person a few days ago!
Thinking of this, Huang Yiwen became happy again.
As the moon rises above the willows, Huang Yiwen writes as if possessed by a god, and becomes happier the more he writes.
"Xiao Huang!"
Aunt Cai from next door was shouting from the other side of the low earthen wall.
"Auntie Cai! It's so late and you're still not asleep!"
Huang Yiwen looked up and greeted.
Aunt Cai shook the clothes in her hands and said:
"Yes, it's tea picking season now, and the tea leaves on the mountain can't be picked enough. I just got home not long ago, and look, I just finished washing clothes."
She was hanging clothes in the moonlight, humming a tea-picking song, and looked very happy.
"Auntie Cai, did something happy happen to you?"
Huang Yiwen stretched, put down his pen and took a break.
"Haha, it's nothing, I just got paid, so I'm happy. Last year I heard that the tea plantation was bought, and I thought we tea pickers would lose our wages. Who would have thought that the new owner is such a good person."
"In the spring, they invited us to go tea picking. Not only were we paid, but they also provided two meals a day. They even gave us tea when we were thirsty. When we received our wages today, the boss said this year's new tea is selling well, so he gave us an extra 500 coins as a bonus!"
Aunt Cai was a widow. Her son had grown up, married, and moved out, leaving her alone. During the busy farming season, she helped farmers pick tea leaves on the mountain. During the week, she did odd jobs to make a living. She and Huang Yiwen had been neighbors for two years.
“There are such good things.”
Huang Yiwen was happy for Aunt Cai from the bottom of his heart.
Aunt Cai hung up the clothes and leaned over the low wall to talk to Huang Yiwen:
"Xiao Huang, your storytelling job in the teahouse is gone. Why don't you follow Auntie to the tea mountains to pick tea? The boss said you can work all day or half a day. You can earn some money to get by, and then think about writing storybooks."
After hearing what Aunt Cai said, Huang Yiwen was also moved.
"Then I'll go with you and try it?"
"That's right! No matter how well you study, you must first have a full meal! Xiao Huang, go to sleep quickly. We will set off before dawn tomorrow."
"okay!"
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As the sky brightened, the tea mountains became busy.
Baskets of new tea were collected and sent for processing. The freshly brewed tea, with its delicate aroma of green grass, was packaged and loaded onto trucks for delivery to shops in the city.
"Madam, our tea sales are booming this year. After you presented new tea to Consort Jiang and the Emperor last time, the nobles of Shengjing rushed to place reservations with our shop."
Songzhi said as she handed over the account book.
Su Li looked at the income in the account book, and her mood was as relaxed as the spring breeze on the tea mountain. It was not just the tea from Lin'an Prefecture, but news came from southern Fujian a few days ago that business there was also very good.
The income from tea alone could offset the money and grain she donated.
"The donated grain was delivered to the government office early this morning, and the government's legal advisor inspected it in person. I heard that the grain raised by Madam Qian, combined with the government's grain reserves, far exceeded Lin'an Prefecture's grain collection target."
Listening to the news outside, Su Li said:
"This batch of food shipped to Weizhou is enough to feed the army for more than a month. We have done our best."
"Send a few brothers to follow the team delivering the food. Also, have someone hurry up and tell Mr. Su the news here as soon as possible. This amount of food and fodder is of great importance. Tell him to send someone to meet them."
"Yes!"
Lin'an Prefecture is a thousand miles away from the Wei River, and transporting so much grain is no easy task. Furthermore, since Concubine Lu was involved in this matter, Su Li had to be more cautious.
"Madam, Third Grandma is here."
The maid outside reported.
Third aunt came alone, and Fifth Miss Pei Yao did not come with her.
"She's gone out to play." After the third aunt took Su Li aside and exchanged a few words, she said:
"Yesterday at the Qian residence, after you, Li'er, helped her, more and more people started asking Yao'er out for fun. I haven't seen her this happy in a long time. She got dressed and went out early in the morning."
Su Li smiled and said:
"Yao'er is young, it's a good time to make friends."
"Yes. Seeing her happy, I feel relieved. I'm just waiting to find her a good marriage, so she can live a peaceful life with her husband and children."
Speaking of Pei Yao's marriage, Su Li mentioned what Madam Qian said yesterday.
"Third Aunt, what do you think of Madam Qian?"
"She!"
Third Aunt took a sip of tea and said, "Don't be fooled by her constant smile. She's actually suffering more than anyone else."
Third aunt started talking.
"The second master of the Qian family died early, leaving behind two sons. Madam Qian raised them with great difficulty, waiting for the eldest son to inherit the family business. However, five years ago, a man-made disaster killed one son and injured the other. The younger son's body has never been found. The eldest son is paralyzed from the waist down and has not been seen in five years."
Listening to his third aunt talking about what was happening at Madam Qian's house, Su Li felt mixed emotions.
If it weren't for what her third aunt said today, she would never believe that Madam Qian had experienced so much suffering just by looking at her cheerful face every day.
What a remarkable woman!
When she was leaving yesterday, Mrs. Qian was clearly hinting at something. Since the marriage proposal wasn't for Qian Jinru, then it had to be for her son, Dalang?
No wonder Mrs. Qian swallowed her words halfway through.
Even if the eldest son, who is paralyzed in bed, is extremely wealthy, it would be difficult for him to propose marriage to her daughter Pei Yao.
"Li'er, why are you asking this?"
After Third Aunt finished speaking, she looked at Su Li.
"Nothing. Third aunt, have you heard of Qian Jinru, the second son of the Qian family?"
"He's a famous nobleman in Lin'an Prefecture, brilliantly talented and handsome like Pan An. Let me put it this way, our Heng'er is very popular in Shengjing City, so you can think of the second young master of the Qian family as Heng'er in Lin'an."
"By the way, Li'er, why are you asking about him?"