Joe's Farming

Time flies, and it is May in the blink of an eye.

"Boss, Master Xu and his husband are here."

Xia He shouted.

Qiao Yu put down the script in his hand and stood up to greet him.

"I haven't seen you for a few days. What have you been busy with recently?"

Xu Yuan took her husband's hand and sat down on a stone chair in the yard.

"We received a message from the capital city that the three northwestern states have not seen any rain for three months. The water level of the Fuhe River has dropped, and most of our cargo ships may have to stop operating. I'm afraid the dividends for the next few months will not be very good."

Qiao Yu nodded: "There's nothing we can do about it. Has the government issued any policies?"

"Not yet. But I'm afraid this year there will be a drought, just like Brother Qiao predicted."

Xu Yuan didn't even frown when he talked about his own business.

But when it comes to drought, his brows furrow.

Xu Ning could fully understand her husband's feelings.

They may earn less money, but drought cannot be fought with human power.

"By the way, the dragon claw beans I told you about last time are ripe. Do you want to try some?"

Qiao Yu quickly changed the subject.

Xu Yuan heard that this thing is drought-resistant and high-yielding, but it can cause poisoning if not handled properly, so he has always been quite curious about it.

Hearing this, he nodded quickly: "Okay, I've wanted to try it for a long time."

Qiao Yu pointed to a hillside in the distance and said, "Look at that area, it's all...

I haven't taken care of it much since I planted it, but it has been growing well.

I have asked people to start harvesting and then sowing the second batch.

While there is still water, pick the fruits, process them, dry them and store them.”

Xu Yuan: "It's really good. I just don't know how it tastes."

Xu Ning: "My husband will be able to taste it in a moment."

Qiao Yu used the processed dragon claw beans to make cold dishes, stewed chicken, and stir-fried meat.

Xu Yuan ate three bowls of rice in a row and said, "This dragon claw bean is really delicious. I also want some seeds to plant in the farm."

Qiao Yu nodded: "I'll have someone send it to you."

Before sending them away, I emphasized again how to make dragon claw beans.

As for Xie Changyu, Qiao Yu also sent someone to deliver seeds and asked him to distribute them to farmers in need.

the weather is getting hotter.

Qiao Yu has to eat two bowls of ice jelly every day to feel comfortable.

Originally, he planned to use the ice stored at home to make ice jelly and sell it, but the weather was too hot, so he realized that he might make more money by selling the ice directly.

But he couldn't bear to do that, so the snack bar sells ice jelly without ice.

But it is still very popular.

But as the water level in the canal dropped, the number of ship merchants and boatmen at the docks also dropped drastically.

The snack bar business has also been affected to a certain extent.

Plus the weather is getting hotter.

The prices of vegetables are rising rapidly.

The snack bar has experienced negative growth since it opened.

When Hong Ge'er and Li Li'niang came to settle the account, they both felt a little sorry for Qiao Yu's cultivation over the past two years.

Qiao Yu said calmly: "It's not your fault. Our business is based on the people living and working in peace and contentment.

Now that everyone’s life has become difficult, everyone is thinking about saving money, so it’s normal not to come to the restaurant to eat.

Starting tomorrow, the daily supply will be halved.

Let’s talk about it after we get through this period.”

The two nodded.

Before leaving, Hong Ge'er asked Qiao Yu, "Other stores are raising their prices, are we going to raise ours?"

Qiao Yu shook his head.

"Not only can we not raise the price, we have to offer cheaper packages. Go back and think about it, and then tell me your ideas in a couple of days."

Such tests have occurred frequently in the past two years.

Hong Ge'er and Li Li'niang were used to it, so they quickly agreed and went back to think of an idea.

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There are fireflies in the rice fields at night.

Qiao Yu and Gu Feng took the children to see it.

Qiao Yu also told them the story of reading at night using fireflies.

When Gu Heng heard this, he also wanted to catch fireflies for his brothers and sisters to use when reading at night.

Gu Xiaoxue: "Hengzi, sister really doesn't need to read at night. Really, thank you."

"Ah, okay then."

Gu Heng was devastated.

Gu Feng caught a firefly and held it in his palm, opening and closing it to attract Gu Heng's attention.

Listening to Gu Heng's laughter and looking at the fireflies flying all over the sky, Qiao Yu felt that this was just a paradise on earth.

In addition to their family watching the fireflies, there were also guests and employees of the villa.

Oddly enough, his family was not the only one growing rice in Ueda Village.

But these fireflies are only found in his rice fields.

A few days ago, Li Xin suggested holding a firefly party as a gimmick, but Qiao Yu gave up thinking that it might damage the rice fields.

The year is only halfway through, and he has already foreseen that the days ahead will not be easy.

Li Xin and Ling Lie were also there. Ever since Li Xin was diagnosed, Ling Lie has been treating him like a treasure.

I was afraid of falling after taking two steps.

This made Li Xin very dissatisfied.

When he saw Qiao Yu's family, he waved his hands vigorously to call them.

Qiao Yu left the children to Gu Feng and went to accompany Li Xin alone.

Ling Lie left the time to the two brothers and went to play with the children himself.

"How are you feeling lately?"

Qiao Yu sat next to him.

"Hot, no appetite."

"It will probably get even hotter soon. Then you can come to me for ice."

Qiao Yu said with some worry.

Li Xin said gratefully: "Thank you, brother. I feel really uncomfortable without air conditioning. Fortunately, it's not too hot at night. I just need to get through the day."

"Yeah, it is. Maybe that's the benefit of not having air conditioning."

Li Xin suddenly thought of something: "Brother, we can make a fan! The kind that uses human power."

Qiao Yu's eyes lit up: "Which one?"

Li Xin squatted down with difficulty, and then used a branch to draw a pull-type fan on the ground in the moonlight.

Huge fan blades connected to a long rope.

"Does this require someone to pull for the wind to come?" asked Qiao Yu.

Li Xin nodded somewhat embarrassedly.

"There's no way we can generate electricity just the two of us."

Speaking of this, Qiao Yu felt a little uncomfortable.

Why did I watch cooking videos every day instead of infrastructure videos?

"But it's hot to eat in a restaurant. We can install this and then hire two people to operate the fan."

I believe there will be more customers willing to stay in the store to eat.

When Ling Lie came back and saw the fan that Li Xin had drawn, he immediately said that he would pull it for him when it was ready, ensuring that Li Xin could spend the summer comfortably.

Anyway, Xiaowu and Xiaoliu have already become masters, so he doesn't have to watch over them in the kitchen every day like before.

When Qiao Yu saw Ling Lie coming back, she went back to find her husband and children.

Gu Heng didn't know what was attracting him on the ground, and he kept chasing it everywhere.

It took him a while to stop, and he raised the thing in his hand to show Qiao Yu and Gu Feng as if he was presenting a treasure.

"Daddy, daddy. Look what bug I caught. It can fly."

Qiao Yu pried his hands open with disgust, and then saw a locust that had been crushed to death.

Qiao Yu was stunned on the spot.

I didn’t expect the disaster to come so quickly!