467 Rare Thing
After a pause, he smiled again. “I’m happiest about Dagui. He finally found a job that suits him. I heard that he’s doing well. We’ve always known that he wasn’t good at tending to the crops. Whatever he grew would not grow well. Every year I worry about his well-being. Does he have enough to eat? Does he have enough money to survive the harsh winter? Now, all these worries have slipped away.”
After taking another bite of the popsicle, Xue Da continued to smile and share his thoughts.
“By the way, the grass grows deeper than the crops that Dagui planted, so it is estimated that there will not be much harvest. Your uncle will help to harvest them when the time comes.
“Yes. Sifu also told me that as long as Dagui stays like this, he will always give Dagui more jobs. Dagui plans to stop renting other landlords’ fields by the second half of the year.
“I only rented two acres, but nothing has been planted, and the good land has been ruined by him. You should also know that the landlord’s family is not willing to rent it to him for farming. He has the lowest harvest every year and pays the least grain.
“He decided that he should just let someone else finish planting in the first half of this year and let it go. His two acres of land are open wasteland, which is his own. Now he has to do things for your family every day, he can’t take care of it anymore.
“I also agreed with him that I will plant it for his family in the future. If nothing can be grown, I won’t want it. It is all thanks to your family that his future has brightened. Otherwise, if he kept on planting bad crops, he would starve to death.”
At the end, Xue Da couldn’t help but sigh and shake his head.
The kids could visibly see the tension releasing from his body.
At this time, Qian Caiyu came in again and distributed the popsicles to other members of the family. She also had a popsicle in her hand, and smiled while eating. “Xue Yan, I heard that your family needs people to pluck strawberries. Why do you want to spend money to hire people? We can pluck for an hour or two, we both have nothing better to do. The weather is hot now, and the oil mill has long since stopped pressing oil. If you need someone to pick strawberries, just come and give us a shout.”
Before Xue Yan could speak, Xue Da smiled and said, “That sounds like a great idea. Xue Yan, Jiang yue, go and tell your family that if you want someone to pick strawberries, feel free to call us. Don’t be shy in asking for help.”
“Understood, Grandpa.” Both Jiang Yue and Xue Yan agreed.
There are more and more strawberries becoming red, this meant that more of them were ripening. Naturally, Jiang Yue and Xue Yan were too busy to pluck them all, so they really called Qian Caiyu and the sister-in-law.
Qian Caiyu and the sister-in-law were very quick at doing this kind of work, so there was no need to call for other help picking strawberries.
Xue Dabao and Xue Xiaobao also came to help. The two children plucked and ate the strawberries at the same time. They had a lot of fun eating but the adults weren’t bothered, after all, they couldn’t eat much at all.
This time, it took more than an hour to finish the picking. They picked several large boxes of strawberries, which may not be sold out with the ice. Therefore, when Jinshan and the others delivered ice, they sold strawberries on their own at the side. They even went to Lakshimi Restaurant to sell some
The restaurant directly bought two boxes, one another box was placed in the restaurant in the town for those customers who wish to try something new in town, and the other box was naturally sent to the county.
When Xue Dagui and the others sell popsicles, they will also ask people if they want strawberries. Xue Dagui, who was now familiar with many servants and housekeepers of big families, didn’t hold back when it came to doing this business. Strawberries became a new rare fruit. Only Jiang Yue and Xue Yan found out about it, and it was quite delicious, so there were many big families who wanted to buy strawberries.