Joe's Farming

When Bai Lan heard that they were going to make something new, she immediately felt relieved.

She thought that she was not well prepared today and that made Qiao Yu angry.

"Okay, just tell me what to do."

Qiao Yu looked at the kitchen and said, "Forget it. You guys are so busy today. Where's Brother Qing?"

"There aren't enough eggs. I went to the chicken coop to collect some."

"Well, do as much as you can, and take a break after you sell out in the afternoon. Don't get too tired, there will probably be more people tomorrow and the day after tomorrow."

Bai Lan nodded: "Okay, I know my limits."

Qiao Yu originally planned to let Bai Lan or Ling Lie make the ginger rice tea and he would just teach them. But now it seems that neither of them has time.

"I'll ask Xia He to fry some later and give it to you when she comes down tonight. You can sell it tomorrow morning. Sell it by the pot. I'll tell you the price later. If the customer spends more than one or two taels of rice, I'll give him a pot for free."

"okay."

Qiao Yu gave a few more instructions before going out to see the children.

The children's stalls were doing quite well, because the majority of them were employees of the villa. One reason was to take care of the young masters' business, and the other was that everyone really thought the fried potatoes were delicious, and their income at the villa was pretty good.

People inside the villa alone bought a lot of them, and there were also guests from the town. Many of them had never heard of fried potatoes, but they were willing to buy a piece to eat. Most people thought the taste was pretty good.

Some villagers also bought it, but not many. It’s not because they thought it was not delicious, but mainly because they thought it was too expensive.

Qiao Yu sat aside to rest and chat with Xu Yuan and Xu Ning, who had failed to convince their father-in-law to set up a stall.

"Ayuan, what do you think of my market?"

Xu Yuan thought for a moment and said sincerely: "It's great to be able to do this in the village. But for me, there are not enough special things. Of course, even if there are only things from your family, Brother Qiao, it is worth everyone's trip."

Qiao Yu nodded: "Indeed, but the village's specialty products are only those, there's nothing we can do about it."

"But you see everyone is having a great time shopping. I heard that the set menu offered by the villa at noon is very popular. Aning and I want to try it at the villa in the evening."

Xu Ning nodded.

Qiao Yu smiled and asked, "Really? I asked Brother Gu to go catch rabbits. If he catches any, we'll have cold-mixed rabbits tonight. I was planning to invite you guys to join us."

"Cold rabbit! Great! We can eat the same porridge at the villa tomorrow." Xu Yuan said immediately.

"Hahaha, okay."

Half an hour later, the potatoes that Qiao Xing prepared for the afternoon were sold out, and the potato stall closed.

Qiao Yu asked Da Zhuang to help move the pot back to the villa.

The three little ones also packed up the wooden barrel, dustpan, bowls and chopsticks and took them back to the kitchen of the villa.

Xie Tianyu and Xiao Chengzi wanted to clean up together but were stopped by Qiao Yu. How could they let the guests help with the work?

After Qiao Xing and his brother and sister packed up their things, they came out and gave Xie Tianyu five cents and Xiao Chengzi three cents to thank them for their help today.

Xie Tianyu doesn’t want it.

Gu Xiaoyan: "Brother said, this is not wages, but thanks. You didn't go shopping at the market properly because of helping us, now we can go shopping together."

Only then did Xie Tianyu accept the copper coin.

Xiao Chengzi happily showed the copper coins in his hand to his two fathers, and happily followed his brothers and sisters to go to the market.

Xu Ning looked at his brother's cheerful back and said with emotion: "Since Xiao Chengzi came here, he has been much more talkative than before."

Xu Yuan suggested: "We've been living here for a while now, so if Xiao Chengzi likes it, we don't have to move out in the future."

Xu Ning looked at his fathers, and they were smiling more than before.

"Well, I'll ask them later."

It would be best if the fathers were willing to come over, because unlike other brothers since childhood, Xu Ning was not popular in his original village and was often discriminated against.

As a result, his young father and father were always gossiped about behind their backs.

Therefore, Xu Ning has no sense of belonging to that village. It would be best if his fathers could move here, so that he and Xu Yuan could come back often.

Convenient for everyone.

Qiao Yu did not eavesdrop on the couple's conversation. He was carefully helping the children count money.

Qiao Yu now earns over a thousand taels of silver a month from his soap shop and snack bar alone, not to mention his businesses in playing cards and the villa.

It is absolutely true that he is a rich man.

But now Qiao Yu is completely immersed in the joy of helping the children count money.

Every penny made him feel very important.

It was as if I was back to the first time I set up a stall and collected money.

The little guys were really capable. Qiao Yu counted out a total of 290 copper coins, plus the eight coins Xiao Xing gave him and the ten coins Qiao Yu gave each of them to go to the market. The three little ones earned 328 coins today.

Qiao Yu roughly knew the cost of potatoes today, so he was able to calculate that the children earned about two hundred coins.

Awesome, awesome!

He is worthy of being his child.

At this time, the county magistrate's driver came and found Xie Tianyu who was visiting the market with other children.

"Master, the Lord and the Madam asked me to pick you up."

Xie Tianyu nodded, turned around and said to Qiao Xing and the others, "I'm going back. I'll invite you to my house when I have the chance."

Gu Xiaoyan: "Okay, goodbye, Brother Tianyu."

Gu Xiaoxue: "Brother Tianyu, come and play when you are free, and we will go to the mountain to find bubbles together."

Qiao Xing: "See you later."

Xiao Chengzi: "Goodbye, Brother Tianyu."

Xie Tianyu held the white bubble he had just bought for five cents in his hand and nodded, "Okay."

He had never seen this kind of thing before, but it tasted very good, so he wanted to take it back for his father and mother to taste.

Qiao Yu waited for the children to say goodbye before collecting the money and going to find them: "Let's go, we're going home too."

When I got home, I found that Gu Feng and Gu Gang had not returned yet.

Qiao Yu gave the copper coins to Qiao Xing and let him distribute them freely.

Then he called Xia He and others to help him pick perilla leaves and prepare to fry the rice.

Frying rice is not complicated at all. Just wash the rice, drain the water, and then dry-fry it over low heat.

Fried Rice

At the same time, cut the ginger into strips, not too thin, because it will shrink if it is fried dry. Wash the perilla leaves and drain the water.

When the rice is slightly yellow, add the shredded ginger first. After the ginger is dry, add the perilla and stir-fry. Finally, turn off the heat after everything is dry.

Fried, that's it.

After it cooled down, Qiao Yu put Xia He in a jar.

"This basil ginger rice tea can dispel dampness and cold. When you want to drink it, you can just use boiling water to brew it or boil it in water."

After doing all this, Gu Feng came back with two wild rabbits in his hands and a few baby rabbits in his backpack.