Joe's Farming

Qiao Yu covered her mouth and laughed wildly: "What, if I don't let him come back, you won't come back either?"

Wen Ge'er blushed and shook his head: "No, I'm just afraid that we won't see each other often and become estranged."

Qiao Yu comforted him, "Don't worry, you two are a couple, I'm not so cruel as to separate you. Tell me about the candidate."

Wen Ge'er shook his head: "Yingzi is okay, she is capable. But she is too young and a girl, so she can't handle the customers. The other two men we hired can do the work well. But they can't find work for themselves."

Qiao Yu nodded and called Hong Ge over.

Hong Ge'er just brought a bowl of food and ran over: "What's wrong, boss? Do you need me for something?"

Qiao Yu didn't beat around the bush and asked him directly: "Do you want to work in Taoyuan Town? I have a snack bar there."

Brother Hong was a little confused.

Qiao Yu continued, "The wages will be several times higher than now, but you have to fight for it yourself. If the business is bad, I will deduct your money."

When Hong Ge'er heard the several times higher salary, he nodded without even asking what the job was for.

"Boss, I am willing!"

It takes more than an hour to walk from Xiatian Village to Taoyuan Town. Hong Ge'er thinks it's just a matter of sleeping a little less and returning home a little later.

Qiao Yu seemed to see through his thoughts and said with a smile: "You should follow Brother Wen and learn well these few days, and then start after you get the hang of it.

There is accommodation in the store over there, if you rarely come back you can stay there."

When Hong Ge'er heard this, he was surprised and said, "Really? Master, can I let my brother and sister live with me? They are still young, and I don't feel comfortable leaving them in the village."

Qiao Yu had heard about Hong Ge'er's family background, and nodded, "It's okay as long as it doesn't affect the snack bar's business."

Hong Ge nodded quickly: "It won't affect them, they are very well behaved and can help with washing dishes and vegetables."

"That's no problem. If they do a good job, you can even pay them. By the way, can you read?" Qiao Yu suddenly remembered that Wen Ge'er was the one she taught him specially.

Hong Ge'er opened his mouth wide: "You still need to learn to read. I learned a little from Da Zhuang and the others in the village."

Qiao Yu settled for the next best thing: "Do you know how to do math?"

Hong Ge nodded vigorously: "Of course I can! After Qing Ge taught me, I can write it too."

Wen Ge'er finally breathed a sigh of relief: "Starting tomorrow, I will teach you how to keep accounts. From now on, you have to come to the boss to give accounts every five days. You must not make any mistakes."

"Yes, I will deduct that much salary if you make a mistake," Qiao Yu threatened.

Hong Ge'er was so scared that he quickly raised his hand and swore: "It can't be wrong! I will be very careful."

"Okay, it's settled. Brother Wen, you can come to the villa after you bring the people out."

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When Wang Jie heard that he and Wen Ge'er would stay at the villa to work, he was so excited that he couldn't sleep all night.

The food sold in the town is not expensive and there are a lot of people every day, so it is naturally more tiring than in the villa.

Although the business at the villa is good, there are not as many guests to serve as in the town, and the villa is very close to home.

It’s only a few steps away. You don’t have to take a horse or ox cart every day. Just ask Lin Dayun to bring you soy milk.

And he doesn't have to worry about his husband running back and forth after he gets pregnant, which will ruin his health.

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In July, the children returned to school.

On the first day back to school, Xie Tianyu was waiting at the school gate.

When the three little ones arrived, he asked expressionlessly, "Have you been busy in June? Why didn't you come to my house?"

The three little ones looked at each other, and finally pushed Gu Xiaoyan out.

Gu Xiaoyan said honestly: "Really...really busy, Brother Tianyu. We have a lot of things to do every day..."

Gu Xiaoyan was about to say that you didn't call anyone to call us, but was interrupted by Xie Tianyu: "For example?"

Gu Xiaoxue: "Picking bubbles, catching cicadas, and digging wild sweet potatoes."

Qiao Xing: "Catch loaches, crickets, and frogs."

Gu Xiaoyan proudly added: "I helped little daddy pick green peppers, eggplants, tomatoes, beans, and peanuts. Oh, by the way, I also helped little daddy try new dishes!"

Xie Tianyu: …

"Yeah, it's really busy." It's also fun.

The three kids followed Xie Tianyu and walked forward. Seeing that Xie Tianyu didn't seem very happy, Gu Xiaoyan invited him:

"Brother Tianyu, come back with us to pick peaches during your day off. They are so sweet. Daddy also made a peach and basil drink, which is delicious."

Peach and basil drink?

It sounds good at first listen.

"Well, yes."

Gu Xiaoxue also said, "Our rice is almost ripe. Daddy said that he would release the water in the field. Brother Tianyu can come and catch fish with us!"

Gu Xiaoyan nodded wildly: "Little Daddy said that he would invite the county magistrate to grill fish together. That fish is really delicious."

Qiao Xing reminded: "Little Daddy said it's called Rice Flower Fish."

Xie Tianyu was immediately attracted by the words: "Rice Flower Fish, I heard my father mention it. I will definitely go there when the time comes."

"Okay!"

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In mid-July, water begins to be released into the rice fields.

Gu Feng and Gu Gang picked up the dustpan and went straight into the water. As soon as the dustpan was dropped, it was filled with crucian carps. The fish scales were the yellow color that only rice fish have. Each one weighed half a pound, which was the most delicious time for crucian carps.

The guards brought over two large buckets, put the fish they had caught into the buckets, and then transported them to Yipinxuan.

All the fish were given to Xu Yuan.

As soon as they left, Da Zhuang and Ling Lie came over with two large buckets of water.

One bucket was delivered to two snack bars, and one bucket was left at the villa for customers to order.

The guest who had said before that he wanted to catch fish also took off his shoes and went to the fields to catch four or five fish. He was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling and asked the villa to cook them for him.

Xu Yuan also took off his shoes and socks and went down to the field, but his movements were a little clumsy.

Xu Ning was sweating nervously on the shore, and finally Xu Yuan caught seven or eight fish with his bare hands.

"Brother Qiao, you said that everything I caught is mine."

Qiao Yu laughed at him: "Are you afraid that I will cheat? Just grab it with all your strength. Isn't grabbing with your hands too slow? I'll find you a dustpan. You can get a lot with one dustpan.

Just be careful not to damage my rice."

Xu Yuan was just trying to satisfy his fishing urge, and came up when he had caught enough.

Qiao Yu invited their family to eat grilled fish today. When Xu Ning saw her husband coming up, she hurried forward to wipe his hands.

Just as he was about to squat down to wipe Xu Yuan's feet, Xu Yuan blushed and immediately stopped him: "Xu Ning!"

Xu Ning was startled and looked at him blankly: "What's wrong with my husband?"

Xu Yuan took the towel and wiped his feet, sighing as he wiped: "You can't just squat down now, do you know? It's so uncomfortable."

Xu Ning blushed. He had always been strong, so he didn't feel tired at this moment. Moreover, he was used to taking care of his husband, so he would not let Xu Yuan do anything if he could.

Xu Yuan put on his shoes and walked home: "Come on, accompany me to wash."

"Ai!"

The number of fish fry that Qiao Yu released into the two acres of rice fields totaled about 700, and they finally filled six large buckets.

Qiao Yu first packed ten and asked someone to deliver them to the village chief, and then packed twenty for Wen Ge'er to take home and eat.

There is a bucket left and I plan to roast half of it and braise the other half today.

In the end, there were only about fifty left. Qiao Yu asked Ling Lie to kill them all, marinate them with chili and salt, and dry them as salted fish.