The eldest lady became popular in the farming variety show

Chai Fei's protest was ineffective, and the work still remained as it should be.

After Jiang Hexi led the team to pick up eggs and clean the beehives, they went under the camphor tree to inquire about the news.

As soon as she sat down on the small stool, the old ladies came over and talked to her in a flurry:

"My daughter, my chili peppers have grown. I'll pick them for you now."

"There are some extra lettuces, tomatoes, and water spinach in the vegetable garden. I didn't see you come over last week, so I left them for you."

"I was wondering why you three haven't come for so long. Turns out you went back home. I still have the chopped green onions and cilantro I gave you last time. I'll take them to you right away."

Jiang Hexi couldn't refuse the kindness of the grandmas, so she had to let Chu Yang and Yu Xiangwan go over to get the food separately.

Chai Fei couldn't help but tease her, "Sister Xi, I didn't realize you are so popular in the countryside."

"That's to give a red envelope as a token of my appreciation."

Granny Xiang rubbed two fingers together and whispered in Chaimen's ear. Her voice was so loud that everyone sitting nearby could hear it:

"She gives a lot of money, so those women are willing to sell vegetables to her."

Aunt Cui's face was wrinkled with laughter. She blamed her and said, "Ah Xiang, that's a longevity red envelope, not money from selling vegetables."

Granny Xiang quickly changed her words and said, "Ximei is a filial child. She knows how to respect us old ladies and bless us. She is really thoughtful."

Jiang Hexi just thought he was being praised, "Grandma, is there any private work in the village or the county that can make money in a short time?"

Granny Xiang stopped fanning herself with a palm-leaf fan and asked with concern, "Sister Xi, how much do you want to earn?"

Jiang Hexi tried to speak, "Is ten thousand yuan okay?"

"It's difficult. Murakami definitely can't do it, unless it's the projects contracted by the village committee."

"There's a job at the suburban forest farm. I wonder if you guys can do it."

Granny Xiang and Aunt Cui responded one after another. Before Jiang Hexi could react, Granny Xiang asked anxiously:

"What kind of money-making jobs can there be in such a remote place in the suburbs?"

"The Luo couple has been looking for someone to build a road near Sanxi Lake where they live, but the money they offered was too little, so no one was willing to help them."

Jiang Hexi asked, "Atai, how much money can they give?"

Although Aunt Cui is old, her memory is surprisingly good. "It seems to be 20,000 yuan."

When Granny Xiang heard that it was the Luo couple, she immediately had a lot to say:

"The Luo couple are from the city. They came to the suburbs more than a decade ago and said they wanted to do something ecological... They raised egrets. The birds came here in April and May, and all flew away after October. The villagers laughed at them for raising so many birds in vain."

Aunt Cui suddenly muttered something, not knowing what she was thinking of:

"There are egrets. There are egrets everywhere. Ever since I can remember, all that have been flying in the sky here are egrets."

Jiang Hexi doesn't care about Bai Lu's affairs, she just wants to find a job that makes money.

She went to the village committee to find the village chief and asked him to act as a middleman to negotiate the matter with the Luo couple.

She was busy until it was completely dark outside, and then she dragged her exhausted legs and hurried back in the dark with the PD.

Yan Jie stood on the steps in front of the courtyard gate, looking towards the country road from time to time.

He saw a band of light flashing in the dark shadows and knew that Jiang Hexi had returned.

"Why are you back so late?"

Jiang Hexi lowered his head and hurried on his way. Hearing this, he looked towards the end of the path.

The moonlight was dim, and she could vaguely make out an agile figure. The man walked out from the endless shadows, and the dim flashlight illuminated his deeply contoured eyebrows.

She was terribly shocked, "Prince Yan, you almost scared me to death."

Yan Jie walked up to her and said with unpredictable emotions: "If you don't want to be scared to death, come back earlier next time."

Jiang Hexi weakly defended himself, "I don't have time to pay attention to business."

Yan Jie led her forward, and hearing her depressed mood, his voice softened: "Next time you encounter something like this, let me talk about it."

Feeling the footsteps behind him slow down, he turned around and looked at her:

"Can't walk anymore?"

"Yan Wang, I'm hungry."

Jiang Hexi was starving, and had been starving for a long time. "The village committee doesn't have a canteen, so I went over the dinner that my aunt had made in my mind, and barely made it here with my last breath."

Yan Jie smiled, and he led her forward, tempting her as he walked:

"My aunt made mouth-watering chicken tonight. It was fresh, spicy and refreshing. The white meat and the oily chili made me drool."

"She also made a wild vegetable and mushroom soup. The refreshing soup base made people want to take a second bite after taking one."

"The last dish, braised spring bamboo shoots in oil, is also very well done. You've had this dish before. You can easily finish a bowl of rice with just one serving of spring bamboo shoots."

Jiang Hexi pointed at him with a trembling hand, not sure if it was because of anger or hunger:

"Just stand there and wait for me to come over and see how I deal with you."

Yan Jie strode forward without waiting for her to finish, and Jiang Hexi chased after him with all his strength.

The two of them walked forward one after the other and soon entered the wooden building.

Jiang Hexi fell into a chair exhausted and kept shouting, "I can't do it anymore. I'm tired and hungry. I'm dying."

Yan Jie went into the kitchen, brought out the hot food, and also brought her a towel for drying her hands.

"Would you like to have a couple of bites first—"

Before he could finish his words, he was met with a resentful look and had to swallow back the words "fill your stomach for the journey".

He finally understood why she was so unwilling to form a couple with him.

"We have your favorite mouth-watering chicken, braised spring bamboo shoots, and wild vegetable and mushroom soup."

Jiang Hexi didn't hear any malicious words. He took the towel and wiped his hands. He said with a smile in his eyes, "Thank you."

Yan Jie picked a chair and sat opposite her.

Chu Yang came out of the shower and as soon as he saw Jiang Hexi, he chased after her and asked:

"Sister, have you negotiated the 10,000 yuan deal?"

"It's done," Jiang Hexi took a sip of mushroom soup and told him hastily, "The village chief contacted the suburban county—"

"Have a meal."

Yan Jie interrupted Jiang Hexi coldly. She made a pause gesture to Chu Yang and continued to eat.

Yu Xiangwan came down the stairs, and before she reached the living room, the voice had already caught up with her:

"Sister Xi, what did the village chief say?"

"The village chief and Professor Luo have already discussed it. We will go there tomorrow—"

"Have a meal."

Yan Jieshengwei's words interrupted Jiang Hexi's speech again.

Jiang Hexi glanced at him and saw that he was sitting opposite her like a referee supervising her eating. She complained in her heart: Just eat, why are you so fierce?

Then, ignoring the surprised looks of Chu Yang and Yu Xiangwan, she finished the food on the plate without saying another word.