Joe's Farming

Ying Ge'er directly took Ji Cheng's hand and walked out: "Cousin, I'll take you there.

Honghong's family didn't sell the sugarcane, so his mother took him to the sea every day.

I haven’t seen him for a long time!”

Sun Xiaohai chased after them: "Hey, wait for me."

The Honghong mentioned by Yingger is also a little boy. His father went missing at sea.

Only his mother and his grandparents were left at home.

Live in the most remote part of the village.

Ying Ge'er said that his mother moved away because the villagers always talked about her.

"Why are you talking about his mother?"

Ji Cheng was puzzled.

Ying Ge'er stopped talking, he felt those words were unpleasant.

Sun Xiaohai whispered to Ji Cheng: "Because Honghong is pretty."

Ji Cheng was so smart that he understood it immediately.

It is a sin for a widow to be good-looking.

She doesn't have to do anything to attract gossip.

"If it were me, I would remarry."

Ji Cheng said.

If she looks good, she will definitely be able to get married again.

Ying Ge'er was surprised and said, "No, no. Hong Hong said that his mother has to wait for his father to come back."

What Yingger didn't say was that Honghong's parents had a very good relationship. If Honghong hadn't cried and begged his mother not to abandon him and his grandparents, his mother would have definitely jumped into the sea to commit suicide.

The three of them walked and ran and soon arrived at Honghong's house.

Nowadays, everyone in the village lives in mud houses, and the better ones live in brick and tile houses.

But Honghong's house is still the oldest stone house.

A straw mat made of sugarcane leaves is covered on top, and it feels like it will be blown down by strong winds and rains.

Fortunately, the climate here is not too cold in winter, otherwise life would definitely not be easy.

"Is Honghong at home?"

Yingger was shouting outside the house.

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The wooden door opened and a hunched figure walked out.

"It's Ying Ge'er. Hong Hong hasn't come back yet. Are you here to play with him?"

Yingger respectfully called her grandma.

"I'm not here to play. This is my cousin, and he wants to buy your sugarcane."

Grandma Honghong's eyesight seemed to be not very good. She looked at Ji Chengcai with her cloudy eyes for a long time and said slowly:

"There is still a lot of sugar cane, kids, buy whatever you want.

Come with me, grandma will treat you to a meal."

Having said that, he turned and walked into the house.

Ji Cheng said quickly, "Grandma, I really came here to buy sugar cane. Six coins for one stick! Is that okay with you?"

Grandma Honghong paused.

Then he turned around slowly and asked: "How much did you say?"

"The kid said one is six cents!"

A loud voice came from a corner of the room.

Ying Ge'er called sweetly, "Grandpa, are you feeling better today?"

Grandpa Honghong was sitting on the bed. He looked in good spirits because he seemed very happy to see Yingge'er.

"Much better. Ying Ge'er hasn't been here for a few days. Come here to let grandpa see him."

Ying Ge'er jumped over.

Grandma Honghong said to Ji Cheng: "The old man broke his leg two days ago and can only stay in bed."

Ji Cheng nodded, then asked, "Have you called a doctor?"

Grandma Honghong didn't say anything, but the old man said loudly: "No need to call a doctor, it will heal on its own after a period of rest."

Ji Cheng and Sun Xiaohai looked at each other and suddenly felt very heavy in their hearts.

But they felt better when they thought that they would be able to give money to this devastated family soon.

After Honghong's family harvests the sugarcane, they store it under the shed in the backyard.

Everyone walked through the room and came to the backyard, and saw that the shack was full of sugarcane.

Ji Cheng looked at Sun Xiaohai happily: "Xiaohai, we can deliver the goods tomorrow morning!"

Sun Xiaohai nodded vigorously and said to Grandma Honghong: "Grandma, we want all these sugarcanes!"

Ever since the two children came home, Grandma Honghong has been wondering if there was something wrong with her ears.

Otherwise, why would two little kids buy sugarcane at such a high price, and buy so much at once?

"Xiao Hai, do you really want so much sugar cane?"

She knew that the child's mother almost knelt down to the Wang family in order to sell the sugarcane in the field.

Her daughter-in-law also wanted to ask the Wang family to collect sugarcane, but the Wang family went too far and asked her to... to use her beauty to please them.

How could Honghong's mother agree to this? She had a big fight with the Wang family.

That's why they didn't sell any sugarcane.

Fortunately, this matter did not spread out, otherwise people in the village would talk about it.

Now that the children suddenly came over and asked to collect it, it was no wonder that she was a little unconvinced.

"Really, grandma. Here are three taels of silver. Take it. We plan to buy 700 of them, which is four taels and two cents in total. We will give you the remaining one tael and two cents tomorrow. Is that okay with you?"

Ji Cheng originally planned to charge five cents for each strand, but Honghong's family was so heartbreaking, so he added another cent.

When Grandma Honghong felt the silver in her hand, she realized that the children were telling the truth.

"Hey, this... You want 700 of them. What are you going to do with so many?"

Sun Xiaohai raised his chest and patted it twice: "My brother is taking me to the city to sell sugarcane. It's selling very well, grandma, you don't have to worry."

“Can we really sell so many roots?”

Although Grandma Honghong was happy that she could sell the sugarcane, she was also worried that her two children would not be able to sell it and would suffer a loss.

Ji Cheng nodded vigorously: "Sure, grandma, don't worry!"

The sugarcane issue has been resolved.

The next step is to find a village to rent a bullock cart.

After giving the money, Ji Cheng wanted to leave, but Grandma Honghong stopped him, insisting that the children stay at home for dinner.

Ji Cheng hurriedly said that his aunt would be worried if she didn't see them when she came back, and only then did Grandma Honghong let go.

Unexpectedly, when his aunt really got home, she found that her youngest son was not there and was looking for him everywhere.

Ji Cheng almost got beaten up because of this.

"Auntie, stop fighting! Look, I'm going to make money for you!"

Ji Cheng happily gave the remaining silver to his aunt.

Then he told her about the sale of a thousand sticks of sugarcane.

Xiaohai's mother looked at her nephew and son in disbelief.

I almost cried with joy.

This must be the blessing of her poor husband in heaven.

"Amitabha, that's great. I picked up some big crabs today and will go back and steam them for you. I will also go to Old Zhang's house to buy some meat and make you some braised pork. Cheng'er, you contributed the most to this money, so we will split the money in half..."

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Gu Feng heard Qiao Yu say that the coconut trees were tall, but he didn't expect them to be that tall.

Because of Gu Feng's curiosity, Qiao Yu specially invited a local to be a guide and take them to the coconut grove by the sea.

These forests by the sea also have owners.

Each person pays twenty cents and can climb the tree and pick the fruit himself.

Pick as much as you can.

At this moment, Gu Feng looked up at the coconut above his head.

I was thinking about how to climb the tree without getting dangerous.

Qiao Yu originally disagreed with Gu Feng climbing the tree, but she could not resist Gu Feng's eager look.

So he asked Chen Han to borrow a piece of rope.

He demonstrated to himself how to climb a tree by tying a rope around the tree trunk and his waist.

This method is more of a test of the tree climber's strength.

Her husband happens to be a strong man.

In this way, the safety factor of tree climbing is increased.

Moreover, Qiao Yu also borrowed a machete with a long handle.

When you climb to a certain height, you can use this long pole to cut the coconuts.

Coconut shells are strong and will not break even if they fall to the ground.