Joe's Farming

On the second day, Xiaobai opened his eyes before Gu Xiaoyan woke up. The warm and soft bed and Gu Xiaoyan's cute sleeping face made Xiaobai realize that his life would be different from then on.

Xiaobai got up quietly, put on his clothes quickly, and after a simple wash in the yard, he started looking for work.

Da Zhuang and Su Qing got up early in the morning because they were going to the snack bar. Su Qing was cooking porridge in the old kitchen, while Da Zhuang was preparing to feed the chickens and ducks. As a result, he saw Xiaobai feeding the chickens just after he finished mixing the food.

"Oh!" Da Zhuang suddenly saw Xiao Bai turned around with a bruised face, "I was scared to death! I thought it was someone else. Why don't you sleep a little longer?"

Da Zhuang had seen this guy yesterday and knew that he was a poor fellow taken in by his employer, so he was not shy and spoke to him in a very familiar manner.

Xiaobai had seen Dazhuang once or twice yesterday and knew that he was the man Qiao Yu bought, but he was too distracted to remember what he looked like yesterday. Now that he had seen him clearly, he found that although this man looked strong, he was not very old and must be younger than him.

Xiao Bai gave a friendly smile: "I am used to getting up early in the morning. Are you going to the town to help?"

Da Zhuang nodded: "I'll go over after breakfast. Are you hungry? Why don't you have breakfast with us? Sister Lan left some steamed buns for us yesterday."

The kitchen of the old house has now become their own small kitchen. Qiao Yu bought them rice, flour, grain and oil, and they can cook whatever they want. If they want to eat something, they can also buy it with their own money. Qiao Yu paid them a month's salary.

Xiaobai was a little hesitant, as he still wanted to make breakfast for Qiao Yu and his family.

Seeing that he was hesitant, Da Zhuang pulled him up and said, "You are so thin because you don't eat enough. Only when you are full can you have the strength to work for your boss."

Su Qing had just finished cooking the porridge and baking the steamed buns when she saw Da Zhuang bringing in the boy she had met yesterday.

"Take your hand away." Su Qing said coldly as he looked at Dazhuang holding someone's hand.

Da Zhuang withdrew his hand awkwardly: "Don't I usually pull you like this?"

Su Qing glared at him: "How can I be the same as him? Use your brain."

Although Su Qing is a boy, he considers himself a man, so he doesn't care when Da Zhuang pushes him around.

Xiaobai stood aside at a loss. He was just pulled over by Dazhuang and his mind was still a little confused. Now that he came to his senses, he felt a little embarrassed.

The square table in the old kitchen was a little small. Su Qing took three bowls and said to Xiao Bai gently, "Please sit down. Da Zhuang and I were both bought by the boss. My name is Su Qing."

Xiaobai nodded. It would be a bit rude to say he didn’t want to eat at this moment, so he sat down obediently.

Su Qing scooped a bowl of porridge for each person. There were four steamed buns in total. Su Qing gave two to Da Zhuang, and one each for herself and Xiao Bai.

"Thank you, just call me Xiaobai." Xiaobai took the bowl and said.

Da Zhuang chuckled and said, "My name is Da Zhuang. I'm definitely younger than you, so I'll just call you Brother Bai."

Xiaobai nodded happily. No one had ever called him brother before.

The porridge was ordinary two-grain porridge, and the steamed buns were just baked by Su Qing over the stove. Some of the crusts were burnt, but Xiaobai thought they were delicious.

The three of them quickly finished all the breakfast.

Su Qing and Da Zhuang were waiting for Lin Da to pick them up to go to the town to work.

Da Zhuang asked Xiao Bai curiously: "Did the boss tell you what to do?"

Xiaobai shook his head. Brother Qiao had told him to have a good rest yesterday and had not made any arrangements.

"It's okay. The boss will definitely arrange it for you. We'll leave first." Su Qing comforted after hearing the noise coming from the front door.

Xiaobai nodded and walked the two of them out the door. Because he was afraid that his appearance would scare outsiders, he hid beside the door.

Xiao Bai turned around after the two of them walked away. As soon as he turned around, he saw Qiao Xing looking at him curiously.

"I, I just finished feeding the chickens and ducks, and had breakfast with Dazhuang and the others." Xiaobai explained all at once why he was here.

Qiao Xing nodded and said softly, "Didn't little daddy tell you to have a good rest? You don't have to get up so early."

Xiaobai lowered his head embarrassedly.

Qiao Xing washed up neatly in the yard, and after washing up, he asked Xiao Bai: "I'm going to make breakfast for little daddy, do you want to come with me?"

Xiaobai nodded vigorously.

Qiao Xing planned to make fried dough sticks for his little daddy today, because he heard him say yesterday that he wanted to eat soy milk and fried dough sticks, but it was too cold to get up.

"I'll go buy some soy milk first. Do you know how to knead dough? Help me knead it. I need to add this old dough together." Qiao Xing pointed to the flour bag and the old dough for making yeast.

"I will, go ahead." Xiaobai said.

Qiao Xing went to the main hall to get a few coins and went to Aunt Shi's house to buy soy milk.

When he came back, the dough had been kneaded and was lying aside.

Qiao Xing gave a thumbs up in appreciation: "Uncle Xiaobai, you are so good. You knead much better than me."

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In the bedroom, Qiao Yu lay in Gu Feng's arms, dazed and said that she didn't want to get up.

Gu Feng hugged his husband and kissed him for a while, then said lovingly, "If you don't want to get up, then don't get up. I'll bring breakfast in a minute."

Qiao Yu disagreed again: "No, what will the children say if they see it?"

Last night, Gu Feng came back from work in the middle of the night. Qiao Yu was busy cleaning the kitchen knife and burning the bloody clothes, so she also stayed busy until very late.

"Be good, sleep a little longer. I'll go cook."

Qiao Yu thought about it and got up: "Let me make a good meal for Xiao Bai."

But before getting up, Qiao Yu hugged her husband and kneaded him for a long time before getting up.

Gu Feng smiled bitterly. Sometimes it was really hard to guess what her husband was thinking.

As soon as the two of them walked out of the main room, they noticed the fragrance coming from the kitchen.

Qiao Yu tiptoed over.

"Fuck-"

Qiao Xing concentrated on imitating Qiao Yu's way of frying dough sticks, constantly turning the dough sticks with long chopsticks to allow them to be heated more evenly.

"Wow——" Qiao Yu rushed up happily and hugged Qiao Xing.

"Xiaoxing, you made fried dough sticks for me!" Qiao Yu exclaimed in surprise.

Qiao Xing blushed with joy. He whispered, "Little Daddy, I want to flip the dough sticks."

Qiao Yu let go embarrassedly: "Hahaha, you flip it, I'm going to brush my teeth first."

Xiaobai saw the interaction between Qiao Yu and his son and was filled with envy.

"Xiaobai, why did you get up so early?" Qiao Yu asked.

Xiao Bai helped Qiao Xing make another fried dough stick and said, "I'm used to it. Xiao Xing happened to be making breakfast, so I helped."

Qiao Yu nodded and smiled happily, "That's great! I can eat soy milk and fried dough sticks today. I'm so greedy. You have to try them later."

Qiao Yu walked out, shouting, "Xuebao, Yanbao, get up and have breakfast! Brother will make you some soy milk and fried dough sticks!"

Soon the two children cheered in surprise.

Uncle Wang naturally woke up when Qiao Xing woke up, and was now walking slowly up from the front yard.

While eating, Xiaobai wanted to say that he had already eaten, but the fried dough sticks and soy milk smelled so good that he wanted to eat them again.

Qiao Xing didn't think there was anything wrong with cooking for two meals, so he pulled Xiaobai, who wanted to slip away, to sit beside him.

Qiao Yu happily picked up one and placed it on her bowl, urging everyone, "Eat it quickly! You Tiao won't taste good if it gets cold."