Joe's Farming

"What's wrong with Brother? Isn't Brother the biological child of Uncle Li and Aunt Li?" Qiao Yu couldn't help but choke out. When he was in modern times, he often saw similar news in social news, and he thought it was ridiculous at the time.

"My brothers are all going to get married, and the children they give birth to in the future will be from other families. How can they share our Li family's property?" Li Laosan said this with confidence.

Qiao Yu was so angry that he was about to retort, but Wen Ge'er grabbed his hand and signaled him not to say too much.

Brother Wen looked at his two uncles and said, "Second uncle, Third uncle, as long as we can divide the family, you can say anything."

Li Xiuniang also said: "As long as we can divide it, we don't need the house, and we don't need to divide the land equally, one acre is enough."

Boss Li wanted to stop it, but thinking that his mother would not let go easily, he listened to his wife.

When Li Lao Er and Li Lao San heard this, they didn't want the house. That was great! They had many children and were worried about where to live.

At this point, Old Mrs. Li knew that the situation was hopeless. Her eldest son had also turned away from her. She also knew that it was pointless to scold him anymore, so she dejectedly let her sons discuss the matter.

Once Old Lady Li calmed down, Mr. Li didn't ask for much, so he quickly distributed all the shares that each family wanted.

The Li family only had six mu of land, and the eldest Li family got one mu. They didn't want the old house anymore, but they couldn't give up the silver. Mrs. Li had saved more than ten taels of silver over the years, and she didn't want to give it all up. In the end, the eldest Li family got three taels.

Finally, the village chief wrote the division document and each family signed it. The division was complete.

That afternoon, the village chief lent out his own ox cart, and Wen Ge'er's family temporarily moved to his grandfather's house. Li Xiuniang still had two taels of silver in her hand, which she saved for Wen Ge'er's dowry. She bought a homestead not far from her mother's house and prepared to build a thatched house to live in temporarily. Although these days were not easy, she finally separated from the blood-sucking family, and from now on, everything she earned would be her own.

Qiao Yu went home with Gu Feng without waiting for Wen Ge'er to move into the new house. After their family had a good reunion, it was time for Qiao Yu to go about her own business.

Before leaving, he took Li Li'niang with him and agreed with her that she would work for him instead of Wen Ge'er during this period of time.

Wang Jie stayed to help with the move, which made Boss Li look at him and frown.

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Qiao Yu got home, drank some tea with Li Li'niang, and then started working.

First teach Li Niang how to wash the pig's offal so that it doesn't have a strange smell. After washing, put it aside. Because the big iron pot will be used to boil hawthorn today.

Qiao Yu first poured a basket of hawthorns, washed them, and then started to remove the cores with Li Li Niang.

After removing the core of the hawthorn, it needs to be pounded into paste using a stone mortar.

There was a lot of noise in the yard. Three children were learning to write with their grandfather in the house. When they couldn't sit still any longer, they all came over.

Gu Xiaoxue: "Mom, what delicious food are you going to make today?"

Qiao Yu took a pitted hawthorn and teased her: "Come, try it first and see if it tastes good."

Gu Xiaoxue took it and tasted it, then frowned: "Sour..."

"Hahaha, be good, I'll call you when I'm done."

Qiao Xing squatted aside and said, "Mom, I want to help."

Qiao Yu looked around and saw that there was really nothing he could do to help. He shrugged and said, "Why don't we go feed the horses?"

Gu Xiaoyan: "Brother has fed the horse."

Qiao Yu thought about it and thought that she still had to make soap later, so she said, "Then go outside and pull some hay. Follow your brother and don't run too far."

When the three children heard this, they immediately obeyed the order and ran out.

Li Li Niang said enviously: "This third child is really well behaved and very lovable."

Qiao Yu nodded: "Yes, I'm lucky."

Li Li Niang: "Qiao Ge'er is a blessed person. I think they all really treat you as their mother. However, I have never heard of this eldest brother before. Didn't Gu the Hunter only have two children before?"

Qiao Yu coughed and said, "Ha... Well, this child had been staying at his relative's house before, and we just brought him back."

Li Li Niang: "Oh, that's right. It's better to recognize him. Relatives' homes are never as good as your own."

Qiao Yu had no choice but to agree. He didn't want others to talk about Qiao Xing's background.

I quickly changed the subject: "Auntie, how is your family doing lately?"

Li Li Niang: "Okay, okay, thank you Qiao Ge'er for the job. Yesterday, the Donglin family in the village killed a pig to sell, and our family also weighed two kilograms."

The two of them chatted with each other until they had cut the hawthorns.

Qiao Yu added some water to the pot and brought it to a boil.

After boiling, use a gourd ladle to scoop it into gauze to filter, and pour the squeezed hawthorn liquid back into the pot.

Add sugar, a little salt, and finally three spoons of starch, stir until it is difficult to stir, and finally pour into the mold.

Li Li Niang had never seen food prepared this way before: "Is it okay to just leave it like this?"

Qiao Yu nodded: "Yes, wait until it's cold before pouring it out. Help me test the taste later, and if it's okay, I'll sell it tomorrow."

Li Li'niang was also looking forward to it, as she had never eaten hawthorn cake before.

Qiao Yu washed the pot and started to cook the braised meat. While doing so, she asked, "By the way, auntie, do you have sweet potatoes grown at home?"

"Yes, yes. I planted half an acre. I just harvested it not long ago."

"That's great." Qiao Yu pointed at the sweet potato starch. "This is called starch. I'll tell you how to make it. How about you give it to me when you're done?"

Li Li'niang nodded hurriedly.

Qiao Yu told her how to make starch. Li Li Niang thought the process was not complicated, but it was time-consuming. But she was not the only one in her family, so she could ask her family to help.

Li Li Niang asked embarrassedly: "Qiao Ge'er, this starch... starch, what is the price for it after it is made?"

Qiao Yu thought for a moment and asked her, "How much is a pound of sweet potatoes?"

Li Li Niang: "Sweet potatoes are cheap, only two cents for three pounds, everyone grows them for their own consumption, and feeds the leaves to pigs."

Qiao Yu thought about the time when he made sweet potato flour. About 15 kilograms of sweet potatoes produced kilograms of flour, so he said, "Ten kilograms of sweet potatoes can make a little more than one kilogram of starch. I'll give you cents per kilogram. Is that okay? But I have to make it clear that you must pay attention to cleanliness when making this. If the powder is not fine and the color is not white, I may not be able to give you this price."

Li Li'niang calculated that ten kilograms of sweet potatoes were only a little over 6 cents, and she could make more than double the money by making sweet potato flour. How could she not agree?

Qiao Yu was also very satisfied. Now he could buy sweet potato starch without any effort. When the time comes, he will make a bowl of spicy sweet potato starch for each family member. He has never tasted that kind of taste since he traveled through time.

However, Qiao Yu does not intend to continue living such a busy life making money.

He still thought that he could be a salted fish every day in the future. After handing over the braised meat stall to Wen Ge'er, he would concentrate on making soap. If possible, he would ask Xu Yuan if he wanted to buy the house. Or he could provide the recipe and Xu Yuan would provide the funds, and they could make money together.

Thinking of Xu Yuan, Qiao Yu thought of his frail body and suddenly became sad again.