Joe's Farming

After lunch, Gu Xiuxiu and Zhang Tiedan took Zhang Xiaobao home.

Qiao Yu also did not let anyone go back empty-handed. He gave Zhang Xiaobao some New Year's money, but did not dare to give too much because he had three children in his family and he was afraid that they might give him a gift in return.

Xiaobai helped to pack up and went home.

In the afternoon, Li Li'niang brought her husband and children to pay New Year's greetings. The rest of the time, Qiao Yu chatted with Xu Yuan and his wife.

Because I raved about the roast duck.

Xu Yuan drafted a profit-sharing agreement with Qiao Yu on the spot, splitting the profits 50-50 as before.

At the hour of You, Mr. and Mrs. Xu Yuan said goodbye to Qiao Yu's family and went back in a carriage.

This time, Qiao Yu gave them ten preserved eggs and told them that they could eat them on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year. He also told Xu Ning how to make preserved egg and lean meat porridge and preserved egg with green pepper.

Since there are no green peppers at the moment, just fry some garlic sauce and eat it with it.

Xu Ning was looking forward to this preserved egg because it looked strange.

After seeing off Xu Yuan and his wife, Qiao Yu took her three children and her husband to Aunt Shi's home.

The children each took a package of gifts and shouted "Happy New Year!" before they even reached the door.

Little Stone poked his head out of the yard first. Now he can run all over the ground.

When he saw Gu Xiaoxue, he was about to come out happily.

Li Qiuju quickly picked him up and said to Qiao Yu and the others with a smile, "Mom and Dad are in the room, please come in."

The children placed the New Year gifts they had prepared on the stone table. They were all candies made at Qiao Yu's home and snacks bought in the town.

Aunt Shi was so happy to see the three little ones that she gave each of them five cents as New Year's money and also took out a handful of peanuts and melon seeds for the children to eat.

There was also a fire burning in the Wang family's main room, and Qiao Yu roasted peanuts to eat as before.

But this time, Wen Ge'er had gone back to his mother's house and had not come back yet, so Gu Feng had to bake everything for him.

The children saw Qiao Yu eating with relish and wanted to eat too.

Gu Feng roasted a little for each person.

Little Shitou was also greedy and tilted his head to look at Gu Feng.

Gu Feng glanced at his teeth, which had not yet grown, and shook his head: "You can't eat it."

Maybe because Gu Feng had no expression and looked a bit fierce, Little Stone pursed his lips and burst into tears.

Li Qiuju hurriedly picked up the child and went back to the house to coax him.

Gu Feng looked at Qiao Yu innocently: "I didn't scare him."

Qiao Yu wanted to laugh but was concerned that this was someone else's house, so she could only purse her lips and nod.

Aunt Shi knew that Gu Feng would never scare a child, so she tried to smooth things over: "Shi Tou is just greedy, and his mother spoiled him. Qiao Ge'er, how are you these days?"

Qiao Yu knew that this was a question about his child and blushed a little.

"Auntie, I'm fine. I enjoy everything I eat."

"That's good, that's good. I don't want to think about anything else right now. I just want Wang Jie and Wen Ge'er to give me a big fat boy this year."

Although Qiao Yu knew that this was also what Wen Ge'er wanted, he still felt a little uncomfortable when he heard it for the first time.

"Auntie, Wen Ge'er is still young, take your time, there's no rush."

Aunt Shi probably sensed Qiao Yu's mood and said with a smile: "Yes, yes, I am not dissatisfied with Wen Ge'er at all, it's just that..."

Qiao Yu smiled and said, "I understand, but Brother Wen has always been very concerned about this matter. Auntie, please listen to my advice and try not to talk about this in front of him."

Aunt Shi nodded quickly: "Auntie, you know that Wen Ge'er is a child who has been married to our family and has been very sincere to us. I can't poke holes in his heart."

"Auntie is the most sensible."

Little Stone was quickly coaxed into calming down and came out to play with the children again.

Wang Dali contacted Gu Feng with those who had previously been interested in working for the Gu family.

In the end, Gu Feng decided on ten people, and the rest would be recruited after the Chinese New Year.

Since Wen Ge'er was not there, the two families chatted casually about family matters. Qiao Yu gave Xiao Shitou ten cents as a New Year's gift, then left with Gu Feng and the children.

Li Qiuju said to her mother-in-law with some dissatisfaction: "We only have one child, and his family is so rich, but they only gave him ten cents."

When Aunt Shi heard this, she became unhappy and snatched the snacks from Li Qiuju's hand.

"Don't eat it if you're not happy. It's not for you. Besides, I gave you the fifteen cents out of pleasure. What does it have to do with you?"

Li Qiuju was a little embarrassed: "Mom, that's not what I meant. I just think you're at a disadvantage, right?"

Aunt Shi scolded: "This person is easy to forget the benefits he has received, and only cares about the things others don't want to give.

My family hasn't treated you badly, why are you always looking down on me?

"Then, Brother Qiao, is that what you should say? Don't you still want to work in someone else's shop after the New Year?"

Li Qiuju's face turned red with embarrassment.

"Mom, I was wrong. Don't take what I said before to heart."

"Wang Qiang, you haven't said anything since just now. Do you think your wife is right?"

Wang Qiang begged for mercy: "Mother, how dare I do that? I'm just listening to you obediently."

Qiu Ju doesn't have any bad intentions, she just said that, I will pay attention to it in the future."

Aunt Shi glanced at Li Qiuju who was burying her head and said, "Old lady, I warned you last time.

Next time if you continue to gossip, you two will have to live separately."

Li Qiuju knew that her mother-in-law was really angry this time, and she quickly admitted her mistake with tears in her eyes.

"Mom, I know I was wrong. I will never do it again."

Aunt Shi nodded. She used to think that her eldest daughter-in-law was quite filial, but ever since Wen Ge'er came, she often said some divisive words, which really annoyed Aunt Shi.

Fortunately, Wen Ge'er is easy to get along with and he doesn't spend much time at home, otherwise who knows what the home would be like.

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Qiao Yu naturally didn't know all this.

He is busy giving New Year's money to the children now.

The three children knelt obediently in front of Qiao Yu and Gu Feng and kowtowed to their two fathers.

"I wish my little daddy and daddy all the best in the new year, good health, and may this day come true every year."

The three children said in unison.

Qiao Yu and Gu Feng looked at each other.

Qiao Yu whispered: "Who taught you this?"

Gu Feng: “I don’t know.”

Qiao Yu took out three taels of silver and distributed one tael to each person.

After receiving their New Year's money, Gu Xiaoxue and Gu Xiaoyan handed it over to Qiao Xing and asked him to keep it for them.

Qiao Yu was relieved: "Our eldest son is really capable. His younger brothers and sisters all know to give the money to him."

Gu Feng nodded: "Qiao'er taught me well."

Well, he knew that in his husband's heart, everything was his credit.

Qiao Yu gave out money, and other family members also gave the three children New Year's money to varying degrees. No matter how much it was, it was a token of thoughtfulness.

Even the old man gave each of the children ten cents.

In the end, only Li Xin didn't give anything because he didn't have a penny.

Li Xin looked at Qiao Yu eagerly: "Brother, I'm still a child. Can you give me some?"

Qiao Yu looked at him with amusement: "Didn't you teach them to ask for New Year's money when they pay New Year's greetings?"

Li Xin chuckled: "They wanted to wish you a happy new year themselves, I just asked them to unify their words of blessing."

Qiao Yu gave him half a pound of silver: "This is your salary for this month, spend it sparingly."

Li Xin took it happily and gave fifty cents to each of the children.

Qiao Yu:......