Joe's Farming

Qiao Xing's eyes dimmed. He was overthinking. How could he have a mother? Xiaoxue and Xiaoyan were his benefactor's children. Uncle Wang also patted his back comfortingly. This child had suffered so much following him. He still longed for a mother to love him.

Gu Xiaoxue and Gu Xiaoyan looked at the situation in front of them and called out in confusion: "Mom?"

Qiao Yu looked at Gu Feng, and there was actually a trace of pity in her husband's eyes. Qiao Yu held her forehead and said, "Go ahead and call. But you have to listen to me. I don't like naughty kids." Qiao Yu comforted herself that she did not have the conditions to have a child in this world. Now that she already has two, she is not worried about having too much debt, and she is not afraid of having another one.

Qiao Xing cried with joy and said loudly, "Okay, Mom, I will definitely listen to you." She wiped her tears and continued, "I will also take good care of my brothers and sisters."

Qiao Yu felt a little sad when she saw the child crying, so she quickly advised, "Okay, okay, let's eat. Have a good rest after eating, and help me look after the child at home tomorrow."

Gu Feng reached under the table and held Qiao Yu's hand tightly. How could his husband be so good?

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The next day, Gu Feng went to the county with the village chief to register Qiao Xing and Qiao Yu, and also bought land. He asked for ten acres of wasteland next to his home, and also a large piece of residential land to build a house next to the old house. Because the villagers basically did not go to Gu Feng's place to open up wasteland, the land there was just lying there. In the end, Gu Feng only spent thirteen taels, and the official gave him at least two more acres as a reward.

Uncle Wang's illness was caused by being hungry and catching a cold. It seemed very serious. He took the medicine and was almost recovered the next day. Qiao Yu was relieved to hand the child to him and let him take over her job as a tutor.

Qiao Yu now has to do everything except cooking. Basically, all the other people are assigned to other jobs. Lin Da buys meat, Wen Ge'er buys and washes vegetables, and Uncle Wang takes care of the children. After preparing the seasoning packets, Wen Ge'er can make the stewed soup by himself. The amount of stewed vegetables is twice as much as before, and Qiao Yu does not plan to add more. One day, when he was free, he fried a small basket of chestnuts to sell, but he sold them all.

Qiao Yu went to a carpenter to make five sets of mold boxes, some square and some oval, with the words "Qiao Brand" carved in the middle of all the molds, and asked the carpenter to carve some simple flowers and plants in the lower left corner. Then he bought 20 kilograms of pig fat from a butcher and prepared to make some commercial soap to sell.

Since we started accepting reservations, the share of reservation orders has gradually increased every day. Qiao Yu consciously guided the reservations to be delivered to the door, charging only one cent for the door-to-door fee. This made the reservations even more popular, and the total number of orders was actually twice the sales on site. Of course, these reservations were given to Lin Da and Lin Er to deliver, and he added one cent for each order, and he could earn two cents for each trip.

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On the seventh day of selling stewed food, Qiao Yu had finished selling but it was still early, so he went to the grocery store to ask if there was any news about potatoes. He was craving for all kinds of delicious potatoes.

The boss suggested with a smile: "Why don't you go to Taoyuan Town. There is a dock there, and cargo ships from all walks of life dock there. Maybe they can find the potatoes you want."

Wen Ge'er also said: "Taoyuan Town is much bigger than our place."

Qiao Yu: "Okay, thank you. If you have any new things, remember to leave a copy for me."

"That's for sure. Take your time."

Qiao Yu left the grocery store, thinking that he had worked for seven days and it was time to take a break. He asked Wen Ge'er, "I plan to take a break tomorrow. I will finish the order for tomorrow today and give it to Lin Da to deliver tomorrow. Do you want to take a break with me or do you want to set up the stall yourself?"

Wen Ge'er had never heard of doing business and taking a break, and they were selling very early every day. So he said, "I'd better come. I'll go to your place tomorrow to stew the vegetables, and then come over to set them up. It's okay if they stew less."

Qiao Yu knew that Wen Ge'er was reluctant to give up the 40-cent daily wage. "Can you do it alone? If not, do less."

Wen Ge'er suddenly blushed a little and asked Qiao Yu anxiously: "Can I...can I ask Wang Jie to accompany me? We don't have to pay him."

"Wang Jie?!" Qiao Yu looked at Wen Ge'er suspiciously from head to toe: "Are you hiding something from me? Tell me the truth."

"Well... I often go to his house to buy things, and every time he will help me deliver them to you. He is a talkative person and told me that if I am too busy I can ask him for help." The tips of Wen Ge'er's ears were so red that blood was about to drip out.

Qiao Yu laughed and said, "Call him. We won't take advantage of him. We'll pay him as usual. But I have to say something in advance. When he's setting up the stall, he's not allowed to just talk to you. He has to greet the customers well, and you have to supervise him."

Wen Ge'er also laughed: "Oh, I see. If he dares not to behave himself, I will ignore him."

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That day, Qiao Yu took a nice hot bath and started counting money in bed. He had spent 15 taels on buying land and bricks, but Gu Feng only asked him for 10 taels, saying that he had money. The daily income of the stewed food stall was stable at around 3,000 wen, plus the chestnuts sold in the past two days, minus the daily shopping expenses and Wen Ge'er's wages, there was now a total of 17 taels, 8 qian and 25 wen. There was a little more than 66 taels left at home, and Qiao Yu kept more than 3 taels for turnover, and gave the remaining 80 taels to Gu Feng.

Gu Feng just saw him counting money happily, so he touched here and there. If he was stuffed with a bunch of copper coins and silver coins, he would raise his eyebrows and ask, "Qiao'er, what are you doing?"

Qiao Yu said happily: "Here you go. Our bricks are ready. Let's find someone to start repairing the house tomorrow."

Gu Feng scratched Qiao Yu's nose and said, "Eighty taels is enough to build two new houses. And I have already paid for the bricks. Tomorrow I will go to Uncle Dali. The three men in his family can come to help. Then I will go to the village chief and ask him to pick some people. I have asked, and twenty cents a day is enough."

Qiao Yu: "Do you want to pack a meal?"

Gu Feng: "It costs 18 cents a day for meals, and you have to find someone to cook for you."

Qiao Yu: "Pack it, pack it. I'll ask Wen Ge'er tomorrow if his parents can come, and Aunt Shi, the two of them can cook faster. Speaking of which, I still need to make soap in our kitchen, can we set up a stove outside? Do we also need to prepare pots, pans, and other utensils?"

Gu Feng frowned: "Let them bring their own bowls, and they can borrow the pot from Auntie's house. They don't need it for lunch. If Auntie can help with cooking, we can actually borrow their kitchen."

Qiao Yu: "Okay, okay, then we'll talk to them about this when we go to get the soy milk tomorrow. Hurry up and finish building it. I want a big stove that can hold two big iron pots, a steamer, and a casserole. This way, we don't have to boil water too quickly when cooking, hahahaha."

Gu Feng was also amused by him. He gently kissed his husband's ear and praised him, "Qiao'er is the smartest. You can build it however you want."

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