Joe's Farming

The residential land that Gu Gang's family wants to buy is right next to Gu Feng and Qiao Yu's house, just a few dozen steps away.

The officers finished the measurement very quickly.

I felt much more tired when measuring Qiao Yu’s mountain.

It took two hours just to measure the land at the foot of the mountain. In the end, Qiao Yu watched with satisfaction as they incorporated the land that was given to them into their own territory.

At lunch, Qiao Yu kept four officials and entertained them well, giving each of them a red envelope of two taels of silver and a pressed duck.

It’s not that he is stingy, but he is afraid that if he gives too much, others will not want it, or that he will whet their appetite.

Two taels is just right, neither more nor less.

Qiao Yu asked Gu Feng to send the officials back to the town, buy a carriage first, and then wait for them in the town.

He promised yesterday that the whole family would go to town to buy New Year's goods today, and the children had been looking forward to it all morning.

Even Da Zhuang put on new winter clothes, and he was as excited as a child celebrating the New Year.

Qiao Yu likes Da Zhuang very much. This child is simple-minded and his emotions are all shown on his face. He has been abused by his stepfather since he was a child, but he has not grown up as a child. He is really precious.

Qiao Yu asked everyone to pack up and set off for the village entrance, where they rented two ox carts to go to town.

The old man said he would not go, but would wait for them to come back in the village and stay at home with Milk and Bread.

Qiao Yu also understood, and now that the house was warm, he was not worried that the old man would be cold at home.

Qiao Yu didn’t notice it usually, but today when everyone went out together, she felt that their family had more and more people.

Including Gu Gang and Hong Xiu, there were nine people in the group, each carrying a basket or a bamboo basket as they walked around the village. It looked quite spectacular.

No matter how cold it is at the entrance of the village, there are always a few uncles and aunts chatting with their hands in their sleeves.

"Hey, when did Brother Qiao's family become so crowded?"

"Where are you going, Qiao?"

Before Qiao Yu could answer, the two little ones excitedly said they were going to town to buy New Year's goods.

Everyone in the village was envious.

Qiao Yu asked them if they had any ox carts so he could rent two and go to town.

The village chief's family was not the only one with an ox cart in the village. Two other families immediately went to pull their own ox carts.

Qiao Yu negotiated the price with the two families and paid the money. They would not use ox carts to return, but they would be charged for the round trip, thirty cents per cart.

Both families were very satisfied. If they could pick up a few more people on the return trip, that would be extra money.

The ox cart was much slower than the horse cart, and by the time they arrived at Taoyuan Town it was already 3 p.m.

Gu Feng was waiting for them at the entrance of the town. There was a chestnut horse next to Lightning. It looked very strong and was "whispering" with Lightning head to head.

The new carriage is more beautiful than the old one. Although it is certainly not comparable to Xu Yuan’s, Qiao Yu was happy as soon as he saw it.

The villagers on the ox cart laughed and said, "No wonder they let us go back by ourselves. It turns out that they bought a new carriage. Congratulations, Brother Qiao."

Brother Qiao smiled and said thank you.

Gu Feng stepped forward and carried the children off the ox cart one by one, then stretched out his arms to Qiao Yu.

Qiao Yu embarrassedly let Gu Feng carry him out of the car, and got into the new carriage amid the villagers' jokes.

Qiao Yu touched the soft couch and asked, "How much is it?"

Gu Feng touched his nose: "Not expensive."

Qiao Yu raised an eyebrow: "It must be more expensive than lightning, right? It doesn't matter, we earn money to spend."

Gu Feng said "hmm", and Qiao Yu poked him again like a child: "How much is it?"

"Forty taels." Gu Feng tried his best to bargain. In addition, he wanted Qiao Yu to sit more comfortably, so he asked for an expensive carriage, a full ten taels more expensive than when he bought the Lightning.

Qiao Yu immediately smiled and said, "That's fine. I thought it was at least fifty taels. You are really capable."

Qiao Yu gave each child one or two taels of silver on the bus and let them spend it as they pleased.

The carriage stopped at the door of the soap shop.

The shop manager saw Qiao Yu and asked in surprise, "Boss Qiao, long time no see. How are you?"

Qiao Yu nodded and gave the steward the prepared pressed duck at home: "All good, all good. I'll give it to the steward to try. You've worked hard this year."

The steward smiled and said, "Thank you. I'll ask the child's mother to cook it when I get home."

Qiao Yu asked about the situation in the store, especially the high-end new products.

"Sales are better than last month. It's New Year's Eve, and the city has requested a lot of gift boxes. The shop is almost overwhelmed."

Qiao Yu nodded.

It looks like this month's dividend will be even more generous than last month's.

Leave the soap shop.

Gu Gang and Hong Xiu had not been to Taoyuan Town since the time they came back from the provincial capital. They planned to take a good stroll today, so they left the main group and went their own way.

Qiao Yu also gave Bai Lan some money and asked Da Zhuang and Su Qing to take her to buy necessities such as rice, flour, grain and oil.

Qiao Yu was held in Gu Feng's arms, and the three children followed them like guardian angels.

Qiao Yu couldn't stand it anymore and said helplessly: "Xiaoxing, you and your brothers and sisters should stay away from me. Daddy can't walk well."

"Oh." The three children obediently dispersed a little.

Qiao Yu first took everyone to the cloth shop to buy new clothes for everyone.

"How can we celebrate Chinese New Year without wearing new clothes?"

On the other side, Bai Lan and the other two bought the things that Qiao Yu wanted to buy, and then bought some for themselves.

It was the first time for all three of them to have so much money at their disposal.

Bai Lan, who seemed to be the most frugal, spent two taels of silver to buy a jade hairpin carved with a white magnolia flower in a jewelry store.

Bai Lan liked it very much and didn't even blink when she paid.

Da Zhuang smacked his lips and said, "Wow, this is all the year-end bonus given by the boss."

Su Qing rolled her eyes at him and said, "As long as Sister Lan likes it."

Da Zhuang nodded and asked him, "What do you guys like? I want to buy some for Xiao Bai too."

Su Qing snorted coldly, ignored him and walked away.

Da Zhuang scratched his head and said, "I didn't say anything." He turned to Bai Lan and asked, "Sister Lan, I want to buy a hairpin for Xiao Bai, can you help me choose one?"

Bai Lan thought for a moment and said, "When a man gives a boy a hairpin, it's a token of love. You and Xiaobai are not suitable for each other right now. You should give him something else, preferably something that Xiaobai can use."

It was the first time that Da Zhuang heard of this saying, and his face turned red with embarrassment: "I...I, then I'll buy some delicious food. There won't be any explanation for this, right?"

Bai Lan smiled and nodded: "Go ahead. I remember when Xiao Bai came to our house before, he really liked to eat the cloud cakes bought by the boss. You can go buy some for him."

"Hey!" Da Zhuang immediately ran to the pastry shop.

In the pastry shop, Qiao Yu was generously asking the boss to pack up various pastries.

Qiao Yu is the real love of this era's pastries, pure natural, without fragrance.

Qiao Yu ordered two kilograms of each of the cloud cakes, water chestnut cakes, glutinous rice cakes, honey sugar cakes, and sesame cakes.

It’s a pity that these pastries have no preservatives and will not taste good if left for a long time, otherwise Qiao Yu would definitely order ten kilograms each.

However, Qiao Yu always felt that something was missing.

Oh, no nougat or peanut crisps!