Fortunate Life of the Rural Beauty

Chen Ming took the money and smiled and said, "It took more than two months to earn so much from these acres of land. I never dreamed of it. However, dad also knows that he took advantage of Ah Fu again this time."

Chen Afu smiled and said, "The extra money will be used by me to honor my parents."

When the family made money, the servants and long-term workers were also rewarded. Zeng Shuang and Old Man Lin were rewarded the most, with twenty taels of silver each, followed by Wang Laowu with ten taels of silver, followed by two taels and one tael. Everyone in Fuyuan was very happy.

With the diagnosis and treatment of a good doctor and the agarwood residue, Dabao's leg recovered very well.

In the blink of an eye, in early July, Dabao began to go to Tangyuan to study with Mr. Liao again, but Xue Dagui and Chu Xiaoniu took turns carrying him back.

The watermelons grown in Tangyuan, Chen Ye and Chen Mingjia have had another bumper harvest. Because the temperature is high in summer, watermelons grow faster than in spring.

Only half of the five acres of watermelons grown in Tangyuan were sold, and the remaining half was kept for himself to eat and to give as gifts. Because there were so many watermelons, they were all delivered to relatives and friends in Beijing and Shizhou Prefecture.

Now, this kind of watermelon has a special name, called Dingzhou Big Melon. Because most of these watermelons were sent from Dingzhou or bought by merchants from Dingzhou, they were called so.

Chen Mingjia earned more than forty taels of silver from his three acres of land. The five acres of land cultivated by Dafang were sold for seventy taels of silver.

Their watermelons are mainly sold to other places through Fuyun Lai Trading Company in Dingzhou. Although it can't keep up with Chen Afu's previous watermelon price, it is still two cents higher than the price of other melon farmers.

This made Chen Ye and Hu crazy. From the five acres of land before, they could only earn ten taels for a year of hard work, but this time they earned so much in two months.

Mrs. Chen, Chen Ye and Chen Agui also bought gifts and came to Fuyuan to thank Chen Afu. Perhaps they were afraid of Mrs. Hu's wild mouth, so they didn't dare to bring her to be an eyesore.

Ms. Hu really felt that she should not thank Chen Afu. In her opinion, if Chen Afu had asked his family to grow watermelons first, they would have earned more money.

Chen Agui pushed his mother back at that time, "Afu told me at that time that we didn't have any open space at home, so I didn't plant it with him. Who knew at that time that these watermelons were so profitable, otherwise they would have been worthless crops." Pulled out.”

Now Chen Ye also opened a small grocery store in Sanqing County, named Chen Daganza. At first, Chen Yejia bought some watermelons and sold them in his own shop. However, due to the limited purchasing power in Sanqing County, he could not sell them at a good price. In the end, he could only sell them at a higher price through Fuyunlai Trading Company.

Chen Ye and Chen Agui both liked farming, but neither of them were willing or able to do business, so they did not go to the county to manage the grocery store themselves. They also paid for a shopkeeper and waiter. If such a small shop hires people and rents a shop, it will definitely lose money. But because their shop purchases goods from Fuyun Lai Trading Company, the goods are good and the purchase price is low, no one dares to go to the shop to look for trouble because of Captain Xia, and the shop can make a small amount of money every day.

In Chen Afu's opinion, there is really no point in opening this small shop. Half of the money earned was given to the shopkeeper and waiter, and it was less than one tael of silver a month in his own hands. Instead of doing this, it is better to farm the land well and use the money you save to buy more land, or hire people to reclaim wasteland and grow good varieties of food. You can still make money by being a big landowner.

However, Chen Ming told Chen Ye, but Chen Ye didn't listen, so he thought that since his two younger brothers had their own shops, he should have one too. It's even harder to tell about Chen Afu. If she talks too much, maybe the big house will think that her lucky business is reluctant to give them cheap goods.

So far, Chen Erliang Shop opened by Chen Ming is still losing money, except for the initial profit from selling watermelons. Because they only sell grain and operate a single variety, the previous grain shop in the county has been saturated, and they have to pay the rent of the shop, as well as the wages of the shopkeeper and waiter, and they cannot make ends meet every month.

It made Chen Ming want to close the shop or switch to selling miscellaneous goods. Chen Afu asked him to persist, and when the fields harvested good varieties of grain, the business of their grain shop would pick up. Although it is impossible to sell all good grains to them, with good varieties, other grains can also be sold well. In this era, if a grain store is well run, it can make a lot of money. Moreover, the grain shop cannot be opened casually. Shopkeeper Luo, the shopkeeper of Chen Erliang Shop, approached the county magistrate, and the county magistrate gave special approval to open it.

On the evening of July 19, when Chen Afu and others were about to have dinner, Chu Lingxuan came again.

"Daddy."

"Brother."

"Daddy"

Not only Chu Hanyan and Chu Lingzhi shouted to Chu Lingxuan immediately, but Chen Dabao also shouted.

Through this injury, Dabao truly realized that not only his mother, grandmother, grandfather, uncle, sister, fifth uncle and others cared about him, but also Animal House cared about him, and Father Chu also truly cared about him. He thought that this was the reward for his heart-for-heart exchange. Therefore, now he treats Chu Lingxuan more enthusiastically and sincerely than before.

Hearing the shouts of surprise from several children, the corners of Chu Lingxuan's mouth also curled up. When he saw Chen Afu getting up and preparing to enter the kitchen, his smile deepened.

After the meal, it was still Mr. Chu who returned to Tangyuan first, while Chu Lingxuan and his two children continued to play in Fuyuan. Now that Dabao's legs are inconvenient, the children go to the west wing to sit and play with building blocks. Dabao and Chu Lingzhi have been studying for a day, and this is the most relaxing moment.

Chen Afu and Chu Lingxuan went to the west room of the upper room. It's been so long since Dabao's accident happened, and she felt that she should say something to him. She also had a feeling that Chu Lingxuan seemed to have something to say to her.

None of the servants were aware of it and did not follow him. Only Chu Huai stood on the corridor outside the house.

In the west room, the two of them were sitting at a round table. The sunset outside has not completely set, and the afterglow of the sunset shines into the house, still bright. But it seemed inappropriate to have a man and a woman in the room, so Chen Afu lit the candle on the lotus jade cup. The candlelight was dim and jumped occasionally, illuminating the faces of the two people.

"I……"

"I……"

They both spoke at the same time.

"Speak first." Chu Lingxuan said softly.

"No, you should say it first," Chen Afu said.

"Okay, let me talk first." Chu Lingxuan smiled, lowered his head forward, his face was closer to Chen Afu, and stretched out his hands to grab Chen Afu's hand on the table, and said, "Ah Fu, although we have not been together for a long time, I know that you are a gentle, virtuous, and kind girl. Otherwise, you would not be so fond of the 'son' you picked up, and you would not be so protective of my Yan'er. . We are engaged and will be getting married early next year. I think there are some things that I should tell you... Not even my father and I knew about these things at the beginning, and I only found out about them the day before we got engaged. . My second uncle and second aunt, not even my mother and third aunt know about it. If you hear this, you must bury it deeply in your heart, and no one can say it."

Chen Afu didn't want to hear it anymore. She didn't want to know too much.

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