Joe's Farming

The child looked at her mother, and when she nodded, she took the bamboo stick and smiled sweetly, "Thank you, brother."

The woman corrected: "Call me uncle."

Qiao Yu waved his hands: "It's okay, it's okay. I'll be happier if you call me brother, haha." After all, he looks like he's only seventeen years old, so it's not too much to call him brother, even though he already has three kids.

The child took a bite of the hawthorn cake, which was sour, sweet, soft and delicious. She held it in front of her mother in surprise and said, "Mom, it's delicious. You should have some too."

Seeing that her daughter liked it, the woman felt that the money she had just spent was worth it. She took a small bite and ate a small piece of the ear. Although it was a small bite, she could taste the unique fragrance of hawthorn. It was indeed as the boss said, not sour. "Hmm! It's delicious."

When others saw the reactions of the mother and daughter, they knew that the pastries were good and started placing orders as well.

Qiao Yu handed over the sale of hawthorn cakes to Li Li'niang and took charge of the braised dishes himself.

Most of the customers who bought hawthorn cakes were wives and husbands with children, or young people who loved sweets. Li Li Niang was a woman and could talk, and there were not many hawthorn cakes this time, so they were sold out in a short time. Fortunately, Qiao Yu left some for Xu Yuan.

There were also some returning customers who asked why there was no soap for sale today.

"I bought one the other day and my husband used it to take a bath. He said it worked great and asked me to buy a few more."

Qiao Yu could only say apologetically: "Tomorrow, I will definitely bring some more to sell tomorrow."

The woman left satisfied.

Just after a quarter past noon, they had finished shopping. Qiao Yu and Li Li Niang quickly packed up their things and went to eat noodles next door.

Li Li'niang didn't know that Qiao Yu had packed a meal, and at first she said she didn't want to eat and brought her own bread.

As soon as Qiao Yu saw the hard multi-grain cake, he knew it was not tasty. He quickly said, "Wen Ge'er must have not explained it clearly. If you work with me, you have to provide meals. If you don't eat, I will be unhappy."

Li Li'niang just ordered a bowl of plain noodles, and Qiao Yu added a portion of臊子 for her.

After they had eaten and drunk their fill, Qiao Yu sent her to Linda's ox cart outside Qingyuan Town and asked her to go back and wash the vegetables and hawthorns and wait for him to return.

Then he drove the carriage to Xu's mansion.

The Xu residence was decorated with lights and even the stone lions at the door were surrounded by a circle of red silk.

Qiao Yu had just arrived not long ago, and the doorman recognized her at a glance and took the initiative to report it.

Not long after, he took Qiao Yu to Xu Yuan's yard.

When we arrived at Xu Yuan's yard, we found that it was decorated just like a new house.

If Qiao Yu hadn't been here yesterday, he would have suspected that he had come to the wrong place.

There were just two middle-aged men with sad faces sitting outside the yard. They were probably in their forties or fifties. They looked well-maintained and much younger than the middle-aged people in Ueda Village.

As soon as the middle-aged man saw Qiao Yu, he stood up and said, "You are Brother Qiao, right? Please help us persuade Yuan'er."

The middle-aged woman wiped her tears with a handkerchief and sobbed: "Yuan'er has not eaten for two days."

Qiao Yu didn’t know what was going on, but no normal person could stand not eating for two days.

"Mr. Xu, Madam Xu, don't worry too much for now. I'll go in and take a look first. Sorry for being rude." After saying that, he rushed into the room.

Xu Yuan was still sitting on the same couch as yesterday, as if he had never left.

When Xu Yuan saw him coming, his eyes lit up: "You're here. Come and sit down."

Qiao Yu put the food box on the table and opened the lid: "Didn't I say I would make you something delicious? I brought it here today. It's made with hawthorn, try it."

Qiao Yu brought the hawthorn cake to Xu Yuan. Xu Yuan wanted to say he didn't want to eat it, but when he saw Qiao Yu's hopeful eyes, he took a piece and took a small bite. He didn't mean to not eat these two days. He really had no appetite. He was full just by drinking the medicine prescribed by the doctor, not to mention that the medicine had no effect at all. He was getting weaker day by day.

Xu Yuan thought it would be difficult for him to eat, but the hawthorn cake tasted sour and sweet, and he couldn't help but salivate. The taste was also obviously different from other cakes. After taking a bite, he couldn't help but eat the rest.

Qiao Yu breathed a sigh of relief when she saw him swallow it. No matter how serious the illness was, as long as he could still eat, there was still hope.

Qiao Yu brought him a glass of water, and then watched him eat a piece before asking, "How is it? Is it okay? My husband doesn't like sweet food, but I think it's okay."

Xu Yuan took a sip of water and smiled, "It's not just okay, it's very delicious. I haven't had much appetite in the past two days, and now I suddenly want to eat spicy food."

"No, the patient needs to eat light food. And I heard that you haven't eaten for two days. Have some chicken porridge first to help digestion." Qiao Yu said seriously.

"Yes, yes, Brother Qiao is right." Xu Yuan ate another piece before stopping.

Qiao Yu quickly told the servant outside to bring a bowl of chicken porridge. The Xu family kitchen had nothing else these days, and all kinds of porridge were always cooked. The servant immediately went to the backyard to bring it.

After hearing this, Mr. Xu and Mrs. Xu outside finally felt relieved and decided to come back later to persuade them.

"Tell me, what happened? Why don't you even eat?" Qiao Yu pulled a chair and sat opposite Xu Yuan.

Xu Yuan's eyes wandered for a moment, and he said with a bit of difficulty and displeasure: "I didn't mean not to eat, I really didn't have a good appetite. But I was really angry, and I didn't want to eat anymore."

"Talk about it."

"My mother... I don't know why she believed the fortune teller who said I was dying and that I had to find someone with auspicious horoscopes to marry me in order to survive. She even calculated that person's horoscope and asked my mother to find one. They started preparing for this last year. They saw that I was doing better some time before I was fired, so they didn't find anyone who met the requirements. But then my health started to have problems again. So they started looking again, and they found one a few days ago. So they asked me to marry her the day after tomorrow." Xu Yuan must have been really angry. Normally, he wouldn't be able to say so many words in one breath.

Qiao Yu: "Do you have someone you like?"

Xu Yuan's face flushed: "How is it possible? I only went out this year. I usually stay at home. How can I meet someone I like?"

"Then why are you unhappy? What if everything really gets better after you get married?" Qiao Yu didn't believe this at first, but since he had been reborn into this world, he also hoped that Xu Yuan could really get better by getting married.

"But, a gentleman does not force others to do things. Which girl would be willing to marry a sickly man like me? How can I bear to let someone marry me? What if I die after she marries her? Wouldn't she be a widow?" Xu Yuan was a little excited when he said this.

Qiao Yu was shocked when he saw the 16-year-old boy in front of him. Everyone wanted to make him better by any means. He was the only one who was worried about the other protagonist in this matter. He was not afraid that he was dying, he was only afraid that if he died, others would become widows because of him.